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planimeter

/pləˈnaɪmɪtər/ noun · British & US
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What does planimeter mean?

noun

A device used to measure the area of a closed curve or a plane figure, or a mathematical operation to calculate the area of a simple polygon.

Example

"The engineer used a planimeter to calculate the area of the irregularly shaped plot of land."

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