protractor

English

Etymology

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English protract

English -or

English protractor

From protract + -or.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

protractor (plural protractors)

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

Synonyms

(measuring tool): semicircle (for semicircular shape)

Hypernyms

goniometer
(UK) angle measurer

Translations

a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles

Albanian: këndmatës (sq) m
Arabic: مِنْقَلَة f (minqala)
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
Estonian: mall (et)
Finnish: astelevy (fi)
French: rapporteur (fr) m
German: Winkelmesser (de) m, Winkelmaß n
Greek: μοιρογνωμόνιο (el) n (moirognomónio), γωνιόμετρο (el) n (goniómetro)
Gujarati: કોણમાપક n (koṇmāpak)
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) (ぶんどき, bundoki)
Korean: 각도기(角度器) (ko) (gakdogi), 분도기(分度器) (ko) (bundogi) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: транспортир (ky) (transportir)
Latvian: transportieris (lv) m
Lithuanian: matlankis m
Luxembourgish: Wénkelmiesser, Gradmiesser
Macedonian: агломер m (aglomer)
Malay: jangka sudut (ms), protraktor (ms)
Manx: uillin-howsheyder m
Māori: ine-koki
Norwegian: vinkelmåler (no)
Persian: نقاله (fa)
Plautdietsch: Winkjelmäta m
Polish: kątomierz (pl) m
Portuguese: transferidor (pt) m
Romanian: raportor (ro) n
Russian: транспорти́р (ru) m (transportír), угломе́р (ru) m (uglomér)
Scottish Gaelic: pròtractair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: угломер m

Latin: uglomer m
Slovak: uhlomer (sk) m
Slovene: kotomer m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kutowe měritko
Spanish: transportador (es) m
Swahili: kipimapembe
Swedish: gradskiva (sv)
Tagalog: paniha
Tamil: கோணமானி (kōṇamāṉi)
Telugu: కోణమానిని (kōṇamānini)
Thai: โพรแทรกเตอร์, ครึ่งวงกลม (th) (krʉ̂ng-wong-glom)
Turkish: açıölçer (tr), iletki (tr)
Ukrainian: кутомір m (kutomir)
Uzbek: transportir (uz)
Vietnamese: thước đo góc (vi)
Welsh: onglydd m

References

^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Protractor”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

[1] Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Protractor”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

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