Definition of Drafting instrument

1. Noun. An instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings.

Specialized synonyms: Compass, Divider, Protractor, Triangle, T-square
Generic synonyms: Instrument

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drafting Instrument

draft stop
draftable
drafted
draftee
draftees
drafter
drafter's ruler
drafters
draftier
draftiest
draftily
draftiness
draftinesses
drafting
drafting board
drafting instrument (current term)
drafting table
draftings
draftnik
draftniks
drafts
draftsman
draftsmanly
draftsmanship
draftsmanships
draftsmen
draftspeople
draftsperson
draftspersons
draftswoman

Literary usage of Drafting instrument

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"This is an instrument used for drawing the arcs of circles whose radii are longer than can be set out with the ordinary compass drafting instrument. ..."

2. The Draftsman (1904)
"Mass., is to provide an instrument adapted for a drafting instrument to gent-rate or test tangential curves, or adapted fur use as a testing or working ..."

3. Mechanical Drafting by Henry Willard Miller, Robert Kent Steward (1921)
"The scale should never be used as a ruler because, as a drafting instrument its efficiency depends upon the condition of its edges, and these edges can ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"A Manual of drafting instrument?. By Prof. SE Warren. 1 vol., 12mo, plato?, cloth, 1 25 11 GEOMETRICAL DRAWING. Manual of Elementary Geometrical Drawing. ..."

5. The Technical World Magazine (1909)
"... depending from the top of the board, while with the old arrangement one of these articles is usually on A NEW drafting instrument UNUSUAL IN FORM AND ..."

6. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"The last is a drafting instrument of complicated mechanism and is evidently a more recent development and refinement in the office work of the camera ..."

7. Manual of qualitative chemical analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1867)
"A Manual of drafting instrument?. By Prof. SE Warren. 1 vol., 12m.>, plates, cloth 1 " GEOMETRICAL DRAWING. ..."

8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"The round writing pens can probably be bought at many art and drafting instrument stores. Mine were obtained of AH Abbot and Co., 119 N. Wabash Ave., ..."

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