pantograph — [pan′tə graf΄] n. [Fr pantographe: see PANTO & GRAPH] 1. a mechanical device for reproducing a map, drawing, etc. on the same or a different scale, consisting of a framework of jointed rods in a roughly parallelogram form 2. any similar framework … English World dictionary
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