About The Word Protractor
Learn about the word Protractor to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Protractor definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Protractor
| Protractor Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Protractor?
[n] drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
Synonyms | Synonyms for Protractor: Related Terms | Find terms related to Protractor: See Also | drafting instrument Protractor In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*tract"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
2. A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring
angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of
various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular.
3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign
or offensive matter from a wound.
4. (Anat.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; --
opposed to {retractor}.
5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors. --Knight.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…