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Definition: Protractor |
ProtractorNoun1. Drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | A circle graduated in 360 degrees in a clockwise direction from the true(i. e. astronomic)north. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An instrument used in drawing and plotting, designed for laying out or measuring angles on a flat or curved surface, and consisting of a platemarked with units of circular measure. See also:goniometer. (references) |
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Crosswords: Protractor |
| English words defined with "protractor": Demicircle, Diagraph ♦ Protracter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "protractor": AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, ELECTRICAL AND RADIO, ASSEMBLER, SUBASSEMBLY ♦ BALANCING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ CEPHALOMETRIC ANALYST, cephalometric technician, cephalometric tracer, club former ♦ detail assembler, direct-reading capillary chart ♦ ELECTRICAL AND RADIO MOCK-UP MECHANIC, EXAMINER, QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS ♦ FIXTURE MAKER ♦ gauge checker, GOLF-CLUB FACER, GOLF-CLUB HEAD FORMER ♦ INSPECTOR, ASSEMBLY, INSPECTOR, GAUGE AND INSTRUMENT, inspector, rough castings ♦ LAY-OUT INSPECTOR, lay-out worker, LOAD TESTER, loft patternmaker ♦ MODEL MAKER, WOOD, MOLD STAMPER ♦ PATTERNMAKER, ALL-AROUND, PLASTER-PATTERN CASTER, PLEAT PATTERNMAKER ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL INSPECTOR ♦ RAFTER-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ sheet metal assembler ♦ TEMPLATE MAKER, TIRE TECHNICIAN. (references) |
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Screenplays | If I win, I'll get a brand new protractor. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Checking boatsheet during wiredrag survey of Mitchell Jordan Reservoir Plastic three-arm protractor for plotting fixes barely visible under hand Surveying reservoir for seaplane landing site during WWII ferrying operations Wiredrag party of Max G. Ricketts. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plotting three-point sextant fix with metallic three-arm protractor On the FATHOMER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Manual plotting of three-point sextant fix Using plastic three-arm protractor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The first Odessey Protractor This instrument was used to plot intersecting ranges from two RAR stations Invented while Herman Odessey attached to DISCOVERER Variations of this instrument were used for plotting positions for over 60 years. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plotting range-range Shoran position with Odessey protractor On LYDONIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Some tools of the trade - wiredrag at Mitchell-Jordan Reservoir Sextants for shooting horizontal angles, 3-arm protractor for plotting positions Wiredrag party of Max Ricketts. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Emerson E. Jones checking the wire angle with a 3-arm protractor Over-the-side operations on the MARMER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Eoline R. Hand Hand is plotting fix with three-arm plastic protractor With Navy crew used to do hydrography at Lahaina Roads. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Hal Demuth on the left and Miller Tonkel plotting hydrography Note metallic three-arm protractor. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ||
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| "Protractor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Protractor" is used about 68 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% | 68 | 40,606 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "protractor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | raportor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منقلة, المنقلة أداة لقياس الزوايا, المطيل, المرجئ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разгъващ мускул, транспортир, екстензор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分度器 (indexer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | úhlomìr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vinkelmaaler, vinkelmaal, kurslineal, gradmaaler, fremmedlegemetang (capiat, foreign-body remover), azimutalcirkel (azimuth circle, graduated circle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pleischaal, parallel-liniaal, tang ter verwijdering van vreemde lichamen (capiat, foreign-body remover), gradenboog (limb), graadboog (limb), capiat (capiat, foreign-body remover), azimutinstrument (azimuth circle, graduated circle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گوشه سنج , زاویه سنج . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | atsimuuttiympyrä (azimuth circle, graduated circle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rapporteur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | winkelmesser (goniometer), transporteur (fabric guide, feed dog, removal man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μοιρογνωμόνιο (goniometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ" זוית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szögmérő (bevel, goniometer, mitre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | regolo Cras, rapportatore di angoli, rapportatore, goniometro (goniometer), cerchio azimutale (altazimuth, azimuth circle, graduated circle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 分度器 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶ"どき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분도기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | uillin howsheyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otractorpray transferidor (bevel). (various references) transportor, raportor (reporter, speaker), muşchi extensor. (various references) транспортир. (various references) uglomer (bevel, semicircle). (various references) transportador (carry, conveyor). (various references) gradskiva, azimutalcirkel (azimuth circle, graduated circle). (various references) uzatıcı kas (extensor), iletki (bevel), açıölçer (goniometer, miter, mitre). (various references) транспортир, кресляр (designer, draftsman, draughtsman, planner), пінцет (forceps, pincers, tweezers), протрактор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "protractor": protractors. (additional references) | |
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"Protractor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pratractor, proprictor, Prorutori, Protoreaster. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "protractor" (pronounced 'Pro*tract"or'): Acceptor, Assertor, Assessor, Assistor, Assizor, Attractor, Chantor, Circumventor, Co-assessor, Collector, Compressor, Conductor, Confessor, Conjector, Connector, Consignor, Constrictor, constructor, Contractor, Contradictor, Conveyor, Corrector, Countor, Cruor, Debtor, Decolor, Deflector, Deforceor, Devisor, Duressor, Embraceor, Encolor, Escheator, flexor, grantor, ignitor, inductor, inspector, instructor, INVENTOR, investor, Mainor, Maintainor, manor, mayor, Miscolor, misdemeanor, Nonconductor, Objector, Oppressor. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-o-p-r-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: carrottop. | |
-2 letters: protract. | |
-3 letters: carport, corpora, proctor, rotator, taproot, topcoat, tractor. | |
-4 letters: captor, carrot, cartop, cottar, orator, parrot, potato, raptor, torpor, trocar. | |
-5 letters: actor, aport, coapt, coopt, copra, cotta, ottar, potto, rotor, taroc, tarot, torot, tract, trapt, troop. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-o-p-r-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: protractors. | |
+4 letters: intercorporate, procrastinator. | |
+5 letters: procrastinators. | |
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