protractor

protractor

English

A semicircular protractor.

A circular protractor.

Etymology

protract +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

protractor (plural protractors)

1. One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
2. A circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
3. (surgery) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
4. (anatomy) A muscle that extends an organ or part; opposed to retractor.
5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors[1].

Synonyms

• (measuring tool): semicircle (for semicircular shape)

Translations

a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles

Albanian: raportor (sq) m Arabic: منقلة‎ Breton: kornventer m Bulgarian: транспортир m (transportir) Catalan: transportador m, semicercle (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 量角器 (zh) (liángjiǎoqì) Corsican: raportadore, rapurtadore Czech: úhloměr (cs) m Danish: vinkelmåler Dutch: gradenboog (nl) Esperanto: angulmezurilo Finnish: astelevy (fi) French: rapporteur (fr) m German: Winkelmesser (de) m, Winkelmaß n Greek: μοιρογνωμόνιο (el) n (moirognomónio), γωνιόμετρο (el) n (goniómetro) Hebrew: מד־זווית‎ Hungarian: szögmérő (hu) Icelandic: gráðubogi m, mælibogi m, hornmál n Ido: transportilo (io), angul-transportilo Indonesian: busur derajat Irish: uillinntomhais Italian: goniometro (it) m, protrattore m Japanese: 分度器 (ja) (bundoki), ぶんどき Korean: 각도기 (ko) (gakdogi) Kyrgyz: транспортир (ky) (transportir) Latvian: transportieris m Lithuanian: matlankis m Luxembourgish: Wénkelmiesser, Gradmiesser Macedonian: агломер m (aglomer) Malay: jangka sudut (ms), protraktor (ms) Manx: uillin-howsheyder m Maori: ine-koki Norwegian: vinkelmåler (no) Persian: نقاله‎ (fa) Plautdietsch: Winkjelmäta m Polish: kątomierz (pl) m Portuguese: transferidor (pt) m Romanian: raportor (ro) m Russian: транспорти́р (ru) m (transportír), угломе́р (ru) m (uglomér) Scottish Gaelic: pròtractair m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: угломер m Roman: uglomer m Slovene: kotomer m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kutowe měritko Spanish: transportador (es) m Swahili: kipimapembe Swedish: gradskiva (sv) Tagalog: paniha Telugu: కోణమానిని (kōṇamānini) Thai: โพรแทรกเตอร์, ครึ่งวงกลม (th) (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom) Turkish: açıölçer (tr) Ukrainian: кутомір m (kutomir) Uzbek: transportir (uz) Welsh: onglydd m

References

1. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary