pantograph Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Pan"to*graph noun
Etymology
Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.
Definitions
  1. 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. 2. an electrical trolley supported by a collapsible frame, resembling a pantograph (1).

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