DRAFTING INSTRUMENT

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Meaning:

An instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("drafting instrument" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drafting instrument"):

compass (drafting instrument used for drawing circles)

divider (a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements)

protractor (drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles)

triangle (any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles)

T-square (a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines)