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单词 pantographical
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pantographicaladj.

Forms: 1800s pantagraphical, 1800s– pantographical.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: panto- comb. form, -graphical comb. form.
Etymology: < panto- comb. form + -graphical comb. form, after pantograph n. Compare earlier pantographic adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of, relating to, or reproduced by means of a pantograph; = pantographic adj. 1. Also figurative.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > of or pert to drawing equipment > for enlarging or reducing
pantographic1760
pantographical1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pantographical, pertaining to [or] performed by a pantograph.
1831 T. Carlyle Surv. German Poetry in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 243 We have no original portrait here, but a pantagraphical reduced copy of some foreign sketches.
1876 T. Arnold Man. Eng. Lit. 40 His ‘Cronykil’ begins,..with the creation,..and at the end of five books filled with this ‘pantographical’ rubbish, as Dr. Irving amusingly calls it, settles down upon its proper subject.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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