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Pantograph
Pronunciation : Pan"to*graph
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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