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An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.

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  1. n. An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
  2. n. a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
  3. An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
  4. An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure,however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; aplatometer.
  5. n a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure