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plano meters

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pla⋅nom⋅e⋅ter

[pluh-nom-i-ter]
–noun Machinery.
surface plate.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; plano- 1 + -meter


pla⋅nom⋅e⋅try, noun

surface plate

–noun
Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
Also called planometer.


Origin:
1840–50
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