PROTRACTOR
\pɹətɹˈaktə], \pɹətɹˈaktə], \p_ɹ_ə_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of PROTRACTOR
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular.
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An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
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A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
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An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper: used in surveying, etc.; a muscle that draws forward any part of the body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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One who or that which protracts: a mathematical instrument for laying down angles on paper, used in surveying, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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