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Definition of Planimeter
1. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Derivative terms: Integrate
Definition of Planimeter
1. n. An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
Definition of Planimeter
1. Noun. An integrating device used to measure the area of an irregular figure via tracing its outline ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planimeter
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Planimeter
1. An instrument formed of jointed levers with a recording index, used for measuring the area of any surface, by tracing its boundaries. Origin: L. Planum, plane, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planimeter
Literary usage of Planimeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"APPENDIX B. THE planimeter. The planimeter is an instrument used to determine
the area of a figure by moving the tracing point of the instrument around the ..."
2. Mechanical Laboratory Methods: The Testing of Instruments and Machines in by Julian Chase Smallwood (1922)
"Deduce the equation for the zero circle of a planimeter having the record ...
The fixed center of a planimeter is inside an area to be integrated which is ..."
3. A Text-book of Plane Surveying by William Galt Raymond, Charles Winthrop Crockett (1896)
"THE planimeter. 156. Description. The most elegant and rapid method to obtain
the area of an irregular figure is to draw the figure to scale and measure the ..."
4. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1906)
"The Suspended planimeter.—In the Amsler suspended planimeter as shown in Fig.
... SUSPENDED planimeter. segment K. The rotation of the segment is due to ..."
5. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing by Rolla Clinton Carpenter, Herman Diederichs (1911)
"The Willis planimeter. — This planimeter is of the same general type as the ...
The planimeter-arm can be adjusted as in the Amsler planimeter so as to read ..."
6. Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field by William Galt Raymond (1914)
"CHAPTER VII SOME SPECIAL OFFICE INSTRUMENTS THE planimeter 138. Description.
The most elegant and rapid method of obtaining the area of an irregular figure ..."
7. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1895)
"A HORSE-POWER planimeter. BT EDWARD J. VILLIS, RICHMOND, VA. (Member of the Society.
... The equation of the polar planimeter is t area = wheel move- FIG. ..."
8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"A new Sphere planimeter.* By Professor HELE SHAW, M.Inst.CE The want has long been
... The sphere planimeter which was exhibited for the first time really ..."
9. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"APPENDIX B. THE planimeter. The planimeter is an instrument used to determine
the area of a figure by moving the tracing point of the instrument around the ..."
10. Mechanical Laboratory Methods: The Testing of Instruments and Machines in by Julian Chase Smallwood (1922)
"Deduce the equation for the zero circle of a planimeter having the record ...
The fixed center of a planimeter is inside an area to be integrated which is ..."
11. A Text-book of Plane Surveying by William Galt Raymond, Charles Winthrop Crockett (1896)
"THE planimeter. 156. Description. The most elegant and rapid method to obtain
the area of an irregular figure is to draw the figure to scale and measure the ..."
12. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1906)
"The Suspended planimeter.—In the Amsler suspended planimeter as shown in Fig.
... SUSPENDED planimeter. segment K. The rotation of the segment is due to ..."
13. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing by Rolla Clinton Carpenter, Herman Diederichs (1911)
"The Willis planimeter. — This planimeter is of the same general type as the ...
The planimeter-arm can be adjusted as in the Amsler planimeter so as to read ..."
14. Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field by William Galt Raymond (1914)
"CHAPTER VII SOME SPECIAL OFFICE INSTRUMENTS THE planimeter 138. Description.
The most elegant and rapid method of obtaining the area of an irregular figure ..."
15. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1895)
"A HORSE-POWER planimeter. BT EDWARD J. VILLIS, RICHMOND, VA. (Member of the Society.
... The equation of the polar planimeter is t area = wheel move- FIG. ..."
16. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"A new Sphere planimeter.* By Professor HELE SHAW, M.Inst.CE The want has long been
... The sphere planimeter which was exhibited for the first time really ..."
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