Look up: pantograph

1. pantograph
   [n] - mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
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2. Pantograph
   For many years the mainstay of the engraving industry and still in common usage serving a vital role. Pantograph is on all-inclusive term that is used to describe a wide variety of machines ranging from very small two dimensional, fixed ratio non-motorized machines, to large, free standing, three di...
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3. Pantograph
   Pan'to·graph noun [ Panto- + -graph : confer French 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 ...
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4. pantograph
   An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. ... Alternative forms: pantagraph, and incorrectly pentagraph] Skew pantograph, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure; also called pl...
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5. pantograph
   noun mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
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6. Pantograph
   • (n.) An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.
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7. pantograph
   instrument for duplicating a motion or copying a geometric shape to a reduced or enlarged scale. It consists of an assemblage of rigid bars ... [5 related articles]
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8. pantograph
   pantograph, pantographic A complete written description of something.
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9. pantograph
   plagiograph, pantograph A kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure.
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10. Pantograph
    Folding traction current collection device mounted on the roof of a vehicle on a railway employing an overhead supply system. Nowadays, pantographs are sophisticated aero-dynamically designed devices which can operate at high speeds without loss of contact and with built-in safety devices which redu...
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11. pantograph
    apparatus for collecting current from one or more contact wires, formed of a hinged device designed to allow vertical movement of the pantograph head
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12. Pantograph
    A pantograph is an instrument for mechanically tracing a figure similar to a given figure, but enlarged or diminished in a definite ratio. It consists of four rods forming a jointed parallelogram, with sides continued to convenient distances beyond the joints.
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13. pantograph
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pan′tō-graf Definitions: 1. An instrument for reproducing drawings by a system of levers whereby a recording pencil is made to follow the movements of a stylet passing along the lines of the original. 2. In dentistry, an instrument used to record mandibular borde...
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14. Pantograph
    A `pantograph` (from Greek roots παντ- `all, every` and γραφ- `to write`, from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a special manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical mov...
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15. Pantograph
    (rail) , built in 1911. A `pantograph` is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The term stems from the resemblance to journal=Scientific American|location=New York-->--> and in Germany in 1900 by Siemens & Halske. The familiar diamond-s...
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