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单词 graphometer
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graphometern.

/ɡrəˈfɒmɪtə/
Forms: Also 1700s -metre.
Etymology: < French graphomètre (1597 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), formed as graphomania n. + μέτρον measure.
A mathematical instrument, used for measuring angles in surveying; otherwise called a semi-circle. †Also, a goniometer used in crystallography.
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theodolite?a1560
topographical instrument?a1560
plain table1607
circumferentor1610
diopter1613
plane table1670
circumferencera1687
graphometer1696
semicircle1701
transit theodolite1824
dioptric1849
planchette1858
theodolite-goniometer1909
gyro-theodolite1950
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Graphometer.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 81 Instruments made use of for tracing upon the Ground..are the Graphometre, or Semicircle, and the Square.
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 457 Making use of the graphometer to take the angles of depression.
1802 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 132 Description of the graphometer, or Instrument of Cit. Carangeau, for measuring the Angles of Crystals.
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 525/2 Hence in some mod. Dicts.
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