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Webster 1913 Edition
Planimetry
Pla-nim′e-try
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
planimétrie
.] The mensuration of plane surfaces; – distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Planimetry
PLANIM'ETRY
,Noun.
The mensuration of plain surfaces, or that part of geometry which regards lines and plain figures, without considering their highth or depth.