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protractor

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Noun
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pro=trac=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

protractorn. 
  •  One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An adjustable pattern used by tailors.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

protractor, n.
1 an instrument for measuring angles, usu. in the form of a graduated semicircle.
2 a muscle serving to extend a limb etc.

THESAURUS

protractor

astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel, bevel protractor, bevel square, clinometer, goniometer, graphometer, pantometer, quadrant, radiogoniometer, sextant, theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite

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