platometern.

Brit.

/pləˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/pləˈtɑmədər/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πλάτος , -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < ancient Greek πλάτος breadth ( < the same base as πλατύς broad: see plat adj.) + -meter comb. form².

Now historical and rare.

= planimeter n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring area

platometer1852

planimeter1858

1852 Sang in Trans. Sc. Soc. Arts 4 119 Description of a platometer, an instrument for measuring the areas of figures drawn on paper.

1865 Balfour in Trans. Sc. Soc. Arts 7 198 A new form of platometer.

1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 37 189 The disk..replaced by a cone, as a planimeter or platometer and integrator.

1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 532/1 Platometer, a drawing instrument better known as planimeter.

1998 P. A. Kidwell in R. Bud & D. J. Warner Instruments of Sci. 467 In a footnote to his paper on an improved platometer, Maxwell commented that he had come across an account of a related instrument, the polar planimeter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platometer
释义	platometern. Brit. /pləˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /pləˈtɑmədər/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πλάτος , -meter comb. form². Etymology: < ancient Greek πλάτος breadth ( < the same base as πλατύς broad: see plat adj.) + -meter comb. form². Now historical and rare. = planimeter n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring area platometer1852 planimeter1858 1852 Sang in Trans. Sc. Soc. Arts 4 119 Description of a platometer, an instrument for measuring the areas of figures drawn on paper. 1865 Balfour in Trans. Sc. Soc. Arts 7 198 A new form of platometer. 1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 37 189 The disk..replaced by a cone, as a planimeter or platometer and integrator. 1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 532/1 Platometer, a drawing instrument better known as planimeter. 1998 P. A. Kidwell in R. Bud & D. J. Warner Instruments of Sci. 467 In a footnote to his paper on an improved platometer, Maxwell commented that he had come across an account of a related instrument, the polar planimeter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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