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Definition of 'pantograph'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pantograph
an instrument for the mechanical copying of maps or diagrams on any desired scale.

2. pantograph
a device for transferring current from an overhead wire to a vehicle, as an electric locomotive.

Etymology: (1715–25)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pantograph
mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pantograph
an instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. pantograph
the name given to a contrivance for copying a drawing or a design on an enlarged or a reduced scale.

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