Planimeter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Planimeter \Pla*nim"e*ter\, n. [Plani- + -meter. Cf.
     {Planometer}.]
     An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure,
     however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding
     line; a platometer.
     [1913 Webster] Planimetric



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  planimeter
       n : a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an
           irregular plane figure [syn: {integrator}]