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Pantograph definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAN'TOGRAPH, n. [Gr. all, and to describe.] A mathematical instrument so formed as to copy any sort of drawing or design.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French pantographe, from pant- + -graphe -graph Date: 1723 1. an instrument for copying something (as a map) on a predetermined scale consisting of four light rigid bars jointed in parallelogram form; also any of various extensible devices of similar construction (as for use as brackets or gates) 2. an electrical trolley carried by a collapsible and adjustable frame • pantographic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Art & Painting an instrument for copying a plan or drawing etc. on a different scale by a system of jointed rods. 2 a jointed framework conveying a current to an electric vehicle from overhead wires. Derivatives: pantographic adj. Etymology: PANTO- + Gk -graphos writing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pantograph Pan"to*graph, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.] An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also pantagraph, and incorrectly pentagraph.]