proportional dividers
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proportional dividers
(prə′pör·shən·əl di′vīd·ərz)
(design engineering) Dividers with two legs, pointed at both ends, and an adjustable pivot; distances measured by the points at one end can be marked off in proportion by the points at the other end.
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proportional dividers
A drafting instrument used in reducing or enlarging drawings; consists of two legs whose ends are pointed and cross each other (like the letter X) at a pivot point whose position can be adjusted; the distance between the two pointed ends on one side of the pivot is proportional to the distance between the pointed ends on the opposite side.
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