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单词 platometry
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platometryn.

Forms: 1500s platometrie.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πλάτος , -metry comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πλάτος breadth (see platometer n.) + -metry comb. form.
Obsolete. rare.
The measurement of the breadth of a distant or inaccessible object.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > measuring breadth of a distant object
platometry1570
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij v It informeth the measurer, how Broad any thing is, which is in the measurers vew: so it be on Land or Water, situated: and may be called Platometrie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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