an instrument consisting of pivoted levers for copying drawings, maps, etc, to any desired scale
2.
a sliding type of current collector, esp a diamond-shaped frame mounted on a train roof in contact with an overhead wire
3.
a device consisting of a parallelogram of jointed rods used to suspend a studio lamp so that its height can be adjusted
Derived forms
pantographer (pænˈtɒɡrəfə)
noun
pantographic (ˌpæntəˈɡræfɪk)
adjective
pantographically (ˌpantoˈgraphically)
adverb
pantography (panˈtography)
noun
pantograph in American English
(ˈpæntəˌgræf)
noun
1.
a mechanical device for reproducing a map, drawing, etc. on the same or a different scale, consisting of a framework of jointed rods in a roughly parallelogram form
2.
any similar framework, as an extensible arm for a telephone, a trolley on an electric locomotive, etc.