pantometern.

Brit.

/panˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/pænˈtɑməd(ə)r/

Forms: 1500s– pantometer, 1800s pantameter (irregular), 1800s pantometre.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: panto- comb. form, -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < panto- comb. form + -meter comb. form². With sense 1 compare French pantomètre (1675).

1. Any of various instruments for measuring angles and heights; spec. (a) a nonius quadrant (see nonius n.) (now historical and rare); (b) a device in the form of an adjustable parallelogram, for measuring the angle of inclination of a slope.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun]

mathematical instrument1588

rectificatory1593

pantometer1597

sector1598

holometer1696

multiplier1875

horn-centre1879

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring lengths, angles, or elevations

pantometer1597

1597 W. Barlow Navigator's Supply sig. C3^v This Instrument, that in respect of the manifold and generall vses thereof, I call the Pantometer, I haue framed chiefly for the Variation.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pantometer, an Instrument in Geometry that serves to measure all sorts of Angles, Lengths and Heighths.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Holometer The Holometer is the same with Pantometer.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1012 Pantameter, a graduated bevel.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Pantometer, an instrument for taking angles and elevations, and measuring distances.

1968 A. F. Pitty in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 76 718/2 This device has been termed a slope pantometer... It consists of two uprights, each with a bolt near the top and bottom. One of the uprights has a large protractor scale attached, centred on the upper bolt. Two crosspieces..complete the parallelogram.

1982 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 9 69/1 Slope profiles were measured along these lines using a pantometer with a 1 m span.

2000 G. L'E. Turner Elizabethan Instrument Makers i. i. 6 Barlow..was an inventor of instruments, improving the variation compass, the pantometer, the hemisphere, and the traverse board.

†2. A device for producing silhouettes. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1273/2 Pantometer, an instrument for producing mechanically portraits in profile.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pantometer
释义	pantometern. Brit. /panˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /pænˈtɑməd(ə)r/ Forms: 1500s– pantometer, 1800s pantameter (irregular), 1800s pantometre. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: panto- comb. form, -meter comb. form². Etymology: < panto- comb. form + -meter comb. form². With sense 1 compare French pantomètre (1675). 1. Any of various instruments for measuring angles and heights; spec. (a) a nonius quadrant (see nonius n.) (now historical and rare); (b) a device in the form of an adjustable parallelogram, for measuring the angle of inclination of a slope. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] mathematical instrument1588 rectificatory1593 pantometer1597 sector1598 holometer1696 multiplier1875 horn-centre1879 the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring lengths, angles, or elevations pantometer1597 1597 W. Barlow Navigator's Supply sig. C3^v This Instrument, that in respect of the manifold and generall vses thereof, I call the Pantometer, I haue framed chiefly for the Variation. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pantometer, an Instrument in Geometry that serves to measure all sorts of Angles, Lengths and Heighths. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Holometer The Holometer is the same with Pantometer. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1012 Pantameter, a graduated bevel. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Pantometer, an instrument for taking angles and elevations, and measuring distances. 1968 A. F. Pitty in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 76 718/2 This device has been termed a slope pantometer... It consists of two uprights, each with a bolt near the top and bottom. One of the uprights has a large protractor scale attached, centred on the upper bolt. Two crosspieces..complete the parallelogram. 1982 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 9 69/1 Slope profiles were measured along these lines using a pantometer with a 1 m span. 2000 G. L'E. Turner Elizabethan Instrument Makers i. i. 6 Barlow..was an inventor of instruments, improving the variation compass, the pantometer, the hemisphere, and the traverse board. †2. A device for producing silhouettes. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1273/2 Pantometer, an instrument for producing mechanically portraits in profile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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