单词 | philograph |
释义 | philographn. Now rare. A device formerly used to facilitate the drawing of an object, in which the object is viewed through a plate of glass and a tracing of it made on the glass; a picture produced using such a device. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments sweep1680 bow1706 trammel1725 stock1815 cyclograph1823 trainer1848 set square1854 stereograph1877 tracer1878 philograph1892 1892 Echo 9 Feb. 2/4 By the use of an instrument called the ‘Philograph’, an absolutely correct representation can be obtained of any organic form. 1894 Times 1 Mar. 6/5 The philograph, in which an exact picture was sketched on glass or celluloid of the objects seen through it, was useful and accurate, and excellent in its perspective. 1911 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 19 May 3/2 Our candidate is not carrying around philographs in his pocket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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