noun
- Plural of planimetry; the measurement of areas of plane figures or surfaces, especially using a planimeter instrument.
Usage: technical; mathematics and surveying
Examples
- The surveyor used multiple planimetries to calculate the exact area of the irregular plot.
- Planimetries are essential in cartography for determining land areas from maps.
- Modern software has made manual planimetries less common in engineering work.
- The engineer compared several planimetries to verify the accuracy of the measurements.