PROTRACTOR


Meaning of PROTRACTOR in English

/proh trak"teuhr, preuh-/ , n.

1. a person or thing that protracts.

2. (in surveying, mathematics, etc.) an instrument having a graduated arc for plotting or measuring angles.

3. Anat. a muscle that causes a part to protrude.

[ 1605-15; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .