Definitions for: Pantograph


[n] mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale



Webster (1913) Definition: Pan"to*graph, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F.
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 pentagraph.]



Skew pantograph, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy
which is inclined with respect to the original figure; --
also called plagiograph.

See Also: mechanical device

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