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Noun Concept

Categories: Linkages (mechanical), Copying, Technical drawing tools, Art and craft toys

pantograph eidograph lazy tongs Panthograph pantographic

Mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale WordNet 3.0

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Mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A pantograph is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen. Wikipedia

Mechanical connected linkage of a writing instrument, like a pen, such that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Drawing tool Wikidata

A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. Wiktionary

Mechanical drawing aid. Wiktionary (translation)

A pantograph can be adjusted to make either scaled or exact copies. Wiktionary

IS A

mechanical device

tool

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Otto's encyclopedia

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

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Parallelogrammführung