Usually means: Instrument for measuring angular degrees.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. protractor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. protractor: Merriam-Webster
  3. protractor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. protractor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. protractor: Collins English Dictionary
  6. protractor: Vocabulary.com
  7. Protractor, protractor: Wordnik
  8. protractor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. protractor: Wiktionary
  10. protractor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. protractor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. protractor: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. protractor: Dictionary.com
  14. protractor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Protractor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Protractor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. protractor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. protractor: Rhymezone
  19. Protractor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. protractor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. protractor: FreeDictionary.org
  22. protractor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. protractor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protractor: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protractor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. protractor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. protractor: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protractor: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Protractor (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Protractor: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
noun:  A circular or semicircular tool for drawing or measuring angles.
noun:  (surgery) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
noun:  (anatomy) A muscle that extends an organ or part; opposed to retractor.
noun:  An adjustable pattern used by tailors.

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