noun
Meaning 1
One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
protractor
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/pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -æktə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Use a protractor to measure the angle accurately.
- The student forgot to bring her protractor to geometry class.
- plastic protractor
- measure with a protractor
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
Meaning 4
A muscle that extends an organ or part; opposed to retractor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: drafting instrument
History
Etymology
From protract + -or.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: këndmatës — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Arabic: مِنْقَلَة (minqala) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Breton: kornventer — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Bulgarian: транспортир (transportir) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Catalan: transportador — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Catalan: semicercle — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Chinese Mandarin: 量角器 (liángjiǎoqì) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Corsican: raportadore — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Corsican: rapurtadore — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Czech: úhloměr — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Danish: vinkelmåler — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Dutch: gradenboog — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Esperanto: angulmezurilo — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Estonian: mall — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Finnish: astelevy — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- French: rapporteur — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- German: Winkelmesser — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- German: Winkelmaß — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Greek: μοιρογνωμόνιο (moirognomónio) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Greek: γωνιόμετρο (goniómetro) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Gujarati: કોણમાપક (koṇmāpak) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Hebrew: מד־זווית — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Hungarian: szögmérő — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Icelandic: gráðubogi — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Icelandic: mælibogi — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Icelandic: hornmál — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Ido: transportilo — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Ido: angul-transportilo — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Indonesian: busur derajat — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Irish: uillinntomhais — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Italian: goniometro — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Italian: protrattore — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Japanese: 分度器 (bundoki) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Korean: 각도기 (gakdogi) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Korean: 분도기 (bundogi) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Kyrgyz: транспортир (transportir) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Latvian: transportieris — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Lithuanian: matlankis — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Luxembourgish: Wénkelmiesser — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Luxembourgish: Gradmiesser — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Macedonian: агломер (aglomer) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Malay: jangka sudut — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Malay: protraktor — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Manx: uillin-howsheyder — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Māori: ine-koki — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Norwegian: vinkelmåler — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Persian: نقاله — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Plautdietsch: Winkjelmäta — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Polish: kątomierz — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Portuguese: transferidor — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Romanian: raportor — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Russian: транспорти́р (transportír) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Russian: угломе́р (uglomér) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Scottish Gaelic: pròtractair — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Serbo-Croatian: угломер — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Serbo-Croatian: uglomer — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Slovak: uhlomer — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Slovene: kotomer — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Lower Sorbian: kutowe měritko — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Upper Sorbian: kutoměr — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Spanish: transportador — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Swahili: kipimapembe — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Swedish: gradskiva — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Tagalog: paniha — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Tamil: கோணமானி (kōṇamāṉi) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Telugu: కోణమానిని (kōṇamānini) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Thai: โพรแทรกเตอร์ — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Thai: ครึ่งวงกลม (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Turkish: açıölçer — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Turkish: iletki — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Ukrainian: кутомір (kutomir) — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Uzbek: transportir — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Vietnamese: thước đo góc — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles
- Welsh: onglydd — a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles