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Meaning of "pantograph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PANTOGRAPH

pantograph  [ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANTOGRAPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pantograph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PANTOGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pantograph

Pantograph

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. If a line drawing is traced by the first point, an identical, enlarged, or miniaturized copy will be drawn by a pen fixed to the other. Using the same principle, different kinds of pantographs are used for other forms of duplication in areas such as sculpture, minting, engraving and milling. Because of the shape of the original device, a pantograph also refers to a kind of structure that can compress or extend like an accordion, forming a characteristic rhomboidal pattern. This can be found in extension arms for wall-mounted mirrors, temporary fences, scissor lifts, and other scissor mechanisms such as the pantograph used in electric locomotives and trams.

Definition of pantograph in the English dictionary

The first definition of pantograph in the dictionary is an instrument consisting of pivoted levers for copying drawings, maps, etc, to any desired scale. Other definition of pantograph is a sliding type of current collector, esp a diamond-shaped frame mounted on a train roof in contact with an overhead wire. Pantograph is also a device consisting of a parallelogram of jointed rods used to suspend a studio lamp so that its height can be adjusted.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANTOGRAPH


autograph
ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf
biograph
ˈbaɪəˌɡrɑːf
chromatograph
krəˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
chromolithograph
ˌkrəʊməʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
chronograph
ˈkrɒnəˌɡrɑːf
cinematograph
ˌsɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
hydrograph
ˈhaɪdrəˌɡrɑːf
lithograph
ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
Mimeograph
ˈmɪmɪəˌɡrɑːf
monograph
ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf
pantagraph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
paragraph
ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf
phonograph
ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
photomicrograph
ˌfəʊtəʊˈmaɪkrəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
tomograph
ˈtɒməˌɡrɑːf
typograph
ˈtaɪpəˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANTOGRAPH

panto
pantoffle
pantofle
pantographer
pantographic
pantographical
pantographically
pantography
pantomime
pantomime dame
pantomimic
pantomimical
pantomimically
pantomimist
panton
pantophagist
pantophagous
pantophagy
pantophobia
pantopragmatic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANTOGRAPH

bar graph
cerograph
choreograph
color photograph
colour photograph
digraph
electrocardiograph
electron micrograph
graph
hectograph
holograph
ideograph
micrograph
polygraph
radiograph
seraph
spectrograph
stereograph
subgraph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of pantograph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pantograph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANTOGRAPH

Find out the translation of pantograph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pantograph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pantograph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

受电弓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantógrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

pantograph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pantograph
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منساخ شامل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пантограф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pantógrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নকশাদি নকল করার যন্ত্রবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pantographe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pantograph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pantograph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パンタグラフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팬터그래프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pantograph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thước sao đồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளக்க வரை படத்தை நகல் எடுப்பதற்கான இயந்திரச் சாதனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pantograph
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pantograf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantografo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pantograf
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пантограф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pantograf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παντογράφου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tekenaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strömavtagare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pantograf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pantograph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTOGRAPH»

The term «pantograph» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTOGRAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pantograph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pantograph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pantograph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANTOGRAPH»

Discover the use of pantograph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pantograph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Smart Materials and Structures: Proceedings of the 4th ...
Resulting from a non-constant stiffness along the catenary, a vertical vibration of the pantograph and thus a variation in the contact force between the collector head and the overhead wire is induced. Field tests showed, that at train speeds ...
G.R Tomlinson, W.A Bullough, 1998
2
Multibody Dynamics: Computational Methods and Applications
and the multibody representation of the pantograph. Mei et al. [21] suggest a coupling procedure between a finite element discretization of the catenary and a physical prototype of a pantograph. This work shows the possibility of coupling ...
Carlo L. Bottasso, 2008
3
Machines that Walk: The Adaptive Suspension Vehicle
Successful examples of pantograph leg mechanisms were demonstrated by the small scale quadruped PV II (Hirose and Umetani 1980) and the Hexapod constructed by Kessis and his colleagues (Kessis et al. 1981). The pantograph leg ...
Shin-Min Song, Kenneth J. Waldron, 1989
4
Multibody Dynamics: Computational Methods and Applications
The flexibility of a pantograph is described by the experimental modes of vibration shown in Table1 forthe CX Pantograph[51]. The modaldata acquisitionis obtained by imposing a cyclical force to the pantograph head of constant value with ...
Krzysztof Arczewski, 2010
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Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on High-Speed ...
The current collection performance of pantograph plays an important role in safe operation of high-speed train. Research shows that pantograph aerodynamic characteristics have a great influence on the current collection of pantograph.
Yi-Qing Ni, Xiao-Wei Ye, 2012
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Pantograph
A pantograph (from Greek roots - 'all, every' and - 'to write', from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a special manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Smart Structures: Requirements and Potential Applications in ...
The dynamic interaction between the pantograph and contact wire has a considerable effect on the power collection performance. Ideally the pantograph collector strips should slide on the contact wire with sufficient force while ensuring that ...
Jan Holnicki-Szulc, José Rodellar, 1999
8
The Ultimate Guide to Longarm Machine Quilting: How to Use ...
CHAPTER PANTOGRAPH,EDGE-TO-EDGE, . \ on OVERALL QUILTING “If ere Pantograph Patterns “Edge-to-edge,” “pantograph,” and “overall” quilt- , V . i l,' ' .-, ,l , , r . _. a ing are synonymous terms. “Pantograph quilting” . i f! '1", ii .
Linda V. Taylor, 2010
9
Mitsubishi Motors in Illinois: Global Strategies, Local Impacts
1988. The Pantograph, 11 November: 16. Dirks, H. S. 1992. "The Global Partnership," In Global Partners: Local Communities and Japanese Transplants, edited by M. Chapman and B. McCul lough. Bloomington: Illinois Wesleyan University.
Margaret L. Chapman, 1995
10
Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft ...
Evolutionary. Technique. Based. Compensator. for. Z. –. Shaped. Pantograph. System. Ashish Kumar Jain1, Lini Mathew2, and Shiv Kumar Tomar3 1 Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering I.E.T., M.J.P.Rohilkhand University ...
Kusum Deep, Atulya Nagar, Millie Pant, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANTOGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pantograph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Superyacht of the week: Mulder's 94 Voyager Firefly
... jet skis or a tender when moving between anchorages, and doubles as a pantograph boarding step to be used when moored stern-to in port. «Superyacht Times, Jul 15»
2
Calgary Transit looking at automated inspections of CTrain equipment
A fractured pantograph, a piece of equipment that connects the train to the overhead power lines, snagged wires at the City Hall LRT station, ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
3
Watch This Table Expand And Contract Like An Accordion
The New York–based furniture designer has created a couple of kinetic tables based on the motion of a pantograph, a tool used for copying. «Co.Design, Jul 15»
4
Morgan Advanced Material: Arc protection system for current …
Morgan Advanced Materials recently unveiled a new lighter weight, metalized current collector strip (pantograph), offered by its Electrical ... «Progressive Rail Roading, Jul 15»
5
Morgan Advanced Materials offers carbon brushes for wind turbine …
The range includes pantograph strips, third rail shoes, trolley bus inserts and industrial linear collectors for applications from 60V to 25kV. «AltEnergyMag, Jul 15»
6
Silent majority, silent democracy
Thanks go to the author and editor of the The Pantograph Punch, Joe Nunweek. About the author. Rose Archer is a freelance journalist. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
7
Twelve out of 33 DC Streetcar fixes are complete
After one of DC's streetcars caught fire in February, analysis determined the cause was inadequate insulation on the pantograph—the electrical ... «Greater Greater Washington, Jul 15»
8
Meet D.C.'s New Streetcar Launch Manager
“It was an arcing [escape of electrical current] that resulted in a fire on the pantograph,” said Borchers, referring to the metal arm atop the ... «WAMU 88.5, Jul 15»
9
A Great Kiwi Love Story with a Soundtrack to Match
"To anyone who ever doubted New Zealand had a culture, a personality: see this show. Astounding. Unmissable” - The Pantograph Punch. «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
10
Gingers Have Been in the Shade for Too Long…
Pantograph Punch reckons “It's playful yet pointed, ruthlessly clever but never cruel, and creates the delightful sensation that you've slipped ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pantograph [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pantograph>. Apr 2024 ».
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