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Protractor   Listen
noun
Protractor  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
2.
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.
3.
(Surg.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
4.
(Anat.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; opposed to retractor.
5.
An adjustable pattern used by tailors.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Protractor" Quotes from Famous Books



... draughts of the port of Brest, to my great content, and I did call Mr. Gibson to take notice of it, who is very much pleased therewith; and it seems this Parallelogram is not, as Mr. Sheres would, the other day, have persuaded me, the same as a Protractor, which do so much the more make me value it, but of itself it is a most usefull instrument. Thence out with my wife and him, and carried him to an instrument-maker's shop in Chancery Lane, that was once a 'Prentice ...
— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys



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