Pantograph Definition

păntə-grăf
noun
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.
Webster's New World
Any similar framework, as an extensible arm for a telephone, a trolley on an electric locomotive, etc.
Webster's New World

A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying.

I was impressed by the quality of the pantograph; I hadn't noticed it on the original, but the copies were covered in unpleasant lines.
Wiktionary

(rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pantograph

Noun

Singular:
pantograph
Plural:
pantographs

Origin of Pantograph

  • From French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantos), genitive singular of πᾶν (pan, “all")) and -graphe (from γράφειν (graphein, “to write"))

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek panto- all pantomime –graph

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

PPAPAN

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HPHAPH

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Words Starting With P and Ending With H

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