pantograph
/pan-tuh-graf, -grahf/US // ˈpæn təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf //UK // (ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf) //
电弓,集电弓,受电弓,电弓手
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also pan·ta·graph . an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
- : Electricity. a device usually consisting of two parallel, hinged, double-diamond frames, for transferring current from an overhead wire to a vehicle, as a trolley car or electric locomotive.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inthird rail
Examples
Scheiner suggested and planned the optical experiment which bears his name, and also invented the pantograph.
The pantograph was tracing Weaver's eyelids, and then the unfeeling eyes themselves.
By moving a pantograph control, Tom was able to manipulate the claws like a hand with fingers.
The pantograph, the pendulum, the brumbo pulley, the reducing wheel.
Sylvester called an instrument based on this property a plagiograph or a skew pantograph.
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