planimetric, a.
(pleɪnɪˈmɛtrɪk)
[f. as prec. + -ic: cf. Gr. µετρικός of measuring.]
Belonging or relating to planimetry. So planiˈmetrical a.
planimetric function (Math.), ‘a function expressing one of the relations between the areas of the three triangles formed by joining a variable point in a plane to the vertices of a fundamental triangle’: also called plane function.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Planimetrical, pertaining to the Mensuration of plain Surfaces. 1802–3 tr. Pallas's Trav. (1812) I. p. xvi, Planimetrical delineation of Mount Burgussan..which appears to have been formerly a fortified place. 1828–32 Webster, Planimetric, Planimetrical. 1906 Q. Rev. Jan. 122 A group of individual objects in ‘planimetric’ relation. |