ALL meanings of pantograph
pan·to·graph
P p - noun pantograph Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale. 1
- noun pantograph Electricity. a device usually consisting of two parallel, hinged, double-diamond frames, for transferring current from an overhead wire to a vehicle, as a trolley car or electric locomotive. 1
- noun pantograph an instrument consisting of pivoted levers for copying drawings, maps, etc, to any desired scale 0
- noun pantograph a sliding type of current collector, esp a diamond-shaped frame mounted on a train roof in contact with an overhead wire 0
- noun pantograph a device consisting of a parallelogram of jointed rods used to suspend a studio lamp so that its height can be adjusted 0
- noun pantograph 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 0
- noun pantograph any similar framework, as an extensible arm for a telephone, a trolley on an electric locomotive, etc. 0