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Definition: Draftsman |
DraftsmanNoun1. A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines. 2. An artist skilled at drawing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Engineering & Technology | One who draws plans and sketches (as of machinery or structures). Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A workman who guides logs being floated down a stream. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In petroleum production, one who specializes in drawing subsurface contours in rock formations from the data obtained by a geophysical prospecting party. The draftsman plots maps and diagrams from computations based on recordings of seismograph, gravimeter, magnetometer, and other petroleum prospecting instruments, and from prospecting and surveyingfield notes. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Drafting (or draughting) is the technique of creating engineering drawings. Skilled practitioners of the art are known as draftsmen (or draughtsmen).The basic concept of the mechanics of drafting is to place a piece of paper (or other material) on a surface with right-angle corners and straight sides - typically a drafting table. A sliding straight-edge known as a t-square is then placed on one of the sides, allowing it to be slid across the side of the table, and thus across over the surface of the paper.
Parallel lines can be drawn simply by moving the t-square and running a pencil along the t-square's edge, but more typically the t-square is used as a tool to hold other devices such as triangles. In this case the draftsman places one or more triangles of known angles on the t-square - which is itself at right angles to the edge of the table - and can then drawn lines at any chosen angle to others on the page. Modern drafting tables come equipped with a parallel rule that is supported on both sides of the table but can slide over the piece of paper. Because it is secured on both sides, parallel lines are guaranteed to be parallel.
In addition the draftsman uses several tools to draw curves and circles. Primary among these are the compass, used for drawing simple arcs and circles, and the french curve, typically a piece of plastic with complex curves on it. A spline is a rubber coated articulated metal that can be manually bent to most curves.
This basic drafting system requires an accurate table and constant attention to the positioning of the tools. A common error was to allow the triangles to push the top of the t-square down slightly, thereby throwing off all angles. Even tasks as simple as drawing two angled lines meeting at a point required a number of moves of the t-square and triangles, and in general drafting was a time consuming process.
A solution to these problems was the introduction of the "drafting machine", an application of the pantograph (sometimes referred to incorrectly as a "pentagraph" in these situations) which allowed the draftsman to have an accurate right angle at any point on the page quite quickly. These machines often included the ability to change the angle, thereby removing the need for the triangles as well.
In addition to the mechanics of drawing the lines onto a piece of paper, drafting requires the understanding of the engineering drawings. At one time, drafting was a sought-after job, considered one of the more demanding and highly-skilled of the trades. Today the mechanics of the drafting task has been largely automated, and greatly accelerated, through the use of CAD systems. Drafting is often accomplished by the engineer, architect, or machinist. Skilled CAD operators continue to be in demand for routine changes to drawings.
Drafting is when one moving object gets close behind another moving object and gets into its slipstream, a region of reduced air pressure or even suction in the direction of the movement. As a result, the behind object uses less energy for moving because the front object blocks a significant amount of air resistance. See also: wake, race.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drafting."
Synonyms: DraftsmanSynonyms: draftsperson (n), draughtsman (n), drawer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. |
Lawyer | Bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers; officer of the court; gentleman of the long robe; junior bar, outer bar, inner bar; equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Draftsman |
| English words defined with "draftsman": drafting instrument. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Woman draftsman preparing chart manuscript. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Farquhar Hydrographic draftsman on the West Coast. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | William B. McMurtrie Hydrographic draftsman and artist Produced many early views of the West Coast. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Robert Peary As a Navy officer surveying in Nicaragua Peary served as a draftsman with the C&GS early in his career. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Draftsman drawing a reclining nude. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Draftsman. Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Draftsman table" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Black and white draftsmans table." |
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| "Draftsman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Draftsman" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 151 | 25,596 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "draftsman": equity draftsman. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
draftsman | 58 |
law cost draftsman | 18 |
cad draftsman | 5 |
architectual draftsman | 4 |
legal draftsman | 4 |
draftsman job | 4 |
architectural contract draftsman fort texas worth | 3 |
architectural draftsman | 2 |
draftsman resume | 2 |
draftsman salary | 2 |
auto cad draftsman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "draftsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | desinjator (draughtsman, drawer), vizatues (designer, draughtsman), skicograf (draughtsman, drawer), sekretar (actuary, amanuensis, clerk, draughtsman, receptionist, scribe, secretary), piktor (draughtsman, painter), përpilues dokumentesh (draughtsman), gur dame (draughtsman), grafist (draughtsman). (various references) | |
Arabic | صائغ الوثائق, المصمم (designer, draughtsman, planner), المخطط (draughtsman, planner, schemer), الرسام (draughtsman, painter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съставител на законопроект (draughtsman), художник (artist, craftsman, draughtsman, limner, painter), чертожник (drafter, draughtsman, drawer), майстор на рисунъка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 制图员 (mapper). (various references) | |
Czech | návrhář (designer, draughtsman), kresliè (draughtsman). (various references) | |
Danish | dessigner (designer, draughtsman, drawer, stylist), tegner (allottee, designer, draughtsman, drawer, share allottee, stylist, subscriber), mønstertegner (designer, draughtsman, drawer, stylist). (various references) | |
Farsi | نقشه کش (Plotter, Tracer), تهیه کننده لوایح قانونی , طراح (Designer, Drawer, Sketcher, Tracer). (various references) | |
French | dessinateur (draughtsman, drawer). (various references) | |
German | zeichner (artist, designer, draftsmen, draughtsman, drawer, drawers, subscriber), Konstruktionszeichner, Konstrukteur (designer, draughtsman). (various references) | |
Greek | σχεδιαστήσ (designer, draughtsman, framer, modeler, planner, projector, schemer, sketcher, stylist), σχεδιαστής υφάσματος (designer, draughtsman, drawer, stylist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משרטט (draughtsman), שרטט (draughtsman), סרטט, נסח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fogalmazó (drafter, draftsmen, draughtsman, drawer, drawer up). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perencana, penggambar. (various references) | |
Italian | disegnatore (designer, draughtsman, drawer, sketcher). (various references) | |
Korean | 도안공. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aftsmandray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desenhista (designer, draughtsman), desenhador (tracer), projetista (devisor, draughtsman), estilista (stylist). (various references) | |
Romanian | desenator (designer, drawer, sketcher), proiectant (designer, draughtsman, mill wright, planner, schemer), autor al unui document. (various references) | |
Russian | чертежник (designer, draughtsman, drawer). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tehnički crtač, crtač (draughtsman, drawer). (various references) | |
Spanish | dibujante (cartoonist, draughtsman). (various references) | |
Thai | ช่างเขียนแบบ. (various references) | |
Turkish | teknik ressam (drafter, draughtsman, tracer), tasarımcı (designer, drafter, draughtsman, planner), tasarı hazırlayan kimse (drafter). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | складач (compositor, draughtsman, typesetter), рисувальник (draughtsman), кресляр (designer, draughtsman, planner, protractor). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người vẽ sơ đồ thiết kế (drafter), người vẽ đồ án (drafter), người phác thảo (drafter), người phác hoạ (delineator, designer, drafter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "draftsman": draftsmanship, draftsmanships. (additional references) | |
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"Draftsman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dartsman, draftman, raftsman, raftsmen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "draftsman" (pronounced dra"ftsmun) |
| 9 | d r a" f t s m u n | draftsmen. |
| 8 | -r a" f t s m u n | craftsman, craftsmen. |
| 5 | -t s m u n | huntsman, sportsman, statesman, yachtsman. |
| 4 | -s m u n | baseman, chessman, congressman, desman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, marksman, messman, policeman, pressman, spokesman, talisman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, determine, Dolman, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, human, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokeswoman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yeoman. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-m-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: raftsman. | |
-2 letters: fantasm, mansard, mantras. | |
-3 letters: atmans, damans, damars, drafts, dramas, farads, madras, manats, mantas, mantra, ratans, strand. | |
-4 letters: adman, afars, antas, antra, atman, atmas, daman, damar, damns, darns, darts, draft, drama, drams, drats, farad, fards, farms, frats, maars, manas, manat, manta, marts, nadas, nards, rafts, rands, rants, ratan, saran, smart, stand, tarns, trams. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-f-m-n-r-s-t" | |
+4 letters: draftsmanship, handcraftsman, handcraftsmen. | |
+5 letters: draftsmanships, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen. | |
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