PLANIMETERS

Noun

planimeters

plural of planimeter

Anagrams

• intersample, sempiternal

Source: Wiktionary


PLANIMETER

Pla*nim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Plani- + -meter. Cf. Planometer.]

Definition: An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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