Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Protractor \Pro*tract"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
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2. A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring
angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of
various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular.
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3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign
or offensive matter from a wound.
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4. (Anat.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; --
opposed to retractor.
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5. An adjustable pattern used by tailors. --Knight.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
protractor
n 1: drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "protractor":
astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel,
bevel protractor, bevel square, clinometer, goniometer,
graphometer, pantometer, quadrant, radiogoniometer, sextant,
theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument,
transit theodolite