pan'tography
World English Dictionary
pantograph (ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an instrument consisting of pivoted levers for copying drawings, maps, etc, to any desired scale |
| 2. | a sliding type of current collector, esp a diamond-shaped frame mounted on a train roof in contact with an overhead wire |
| 3. | a device consisting of a parallelogram of jointed rods used to suspend a studio lamp so that its height can be adjusted |
| pantographer | |
| —n | |
| pantographic | |
| —adj | |
| panto'graphically | |
| —adv | |
| pan'tography | |
| —n | |
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Pan'tography
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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