planimetricallyadv.
/ˌpleɪnᵻˈmɛtrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpleɪnəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/ By means of or with regard to planimetry or planimetric features; in two dimensions.
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simply connected1867
conformally1893
planimetrically1918
1918 Geogr. Rev. 5 233 The areas were..originally plotted and measured planimetrically on the standard base map of Canada, 1:2,217,600.
1944 Burlington Mag. Dec. 296/1 Previously border decoration was planimetrically designed, whereas in the new style the border ornament lives in the space above the page. The illusion is created that branches, flowers, insects and birds etc. have been dropped on the page, loosely dispersed, casting their shadow on the coloured foil.
1948 E. Lysholm & J. Bull in J. W. McLaren Mod. Trends Diagnostic Radiol. xxiv. 322 The composite pneumographs have also been measured planimetrically in relation to the corresponding brain cross-sections.
1969 G. C. Dickinson Maps & Air Photographs xi. 166 The profiles are truly ‘lines on the ground’ and must therefore be in their correct position planimetrically, so that detail can be traced directly from the map and will fit the profiles.
1991 Geo Info Syst. Oct. 47/3 Such data yield high-quality wetland information, but they are costly and require extensive digital image processing to yield a planimetrically correct product.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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