A pantograph can be adjusted to make either scaled or exact copies.
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Pantograph
//ˈpantəɡɹɑːf//
Synonyms for "pantograph" (2 found)
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47 translations across 22 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- pantográf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantográf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Arabic
2 entries- سَنْجَة تَوْصِيل noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- مِنْسَاخ noun (mechanical drawing aid)
Catalan
2 entries- pantògraf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantògraf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 受電弓 /受电弓 noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- 集電弓 /集电弓 noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Czech
2 entries- pantograf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Danish
1 entries- strømaftager noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Dutch
4 entries- (tram)beugel noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- pantograaf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantograaf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- stroomafnemer noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Finnish
4 entries- haitari noun (accordion-like extendable structure)
- pantografi noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- saksivirroitin noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- suhdepiirrin noun (mechanical drawing aid)
French
2 entries- pantographe noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantographe noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
German
2 entries- Pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- Stromabnehmer noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Hungarian
4 entries- pantográf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- rajzmásolat-készítő noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- rajzmásoló noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- áramszedő noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Indonesian
1 entries- pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Italian
2 entries- pantografo noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantografo noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Japanese
1 entries- パンタグラフ noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Korean
1 entries- 집전장치 noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- strømavtaker noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- straumavtakar noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Polish
4 entries- pantograf noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantograf noun (accordion-like extendable structure)
- pantograf noun (pattern to hamper photocopying)
- pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Russian
3 entries- панто́граф noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- панто́граф noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- токоприёмник noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Spanish
2 entries- pantógrafo noun (mechanical drawing aid)
- pantógrafo noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Swedish
2 entries- pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
- strömavtagare noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Turkish
1 entries- pantograf noun (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines)
Sample sentences
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I was impressed by the quality of the pantograph; I hadn't noticed it on the original, but the copies were covered in unpleasant lines.
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