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Webster 1913 Edition


Planimetry

Pla-nim′e-try

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
planimétrie
.]
The mensuration of plane surfaces; – distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Planimetry

PLANIM'ETRY

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Noun.
[L. planus, plain, and Gr. to measure.]
The mensuration of plain surfaces, or that part of geometry which regards lines and plain figures, without considering their highth or depth.