"plane table" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Originally plain table, because of its simplicity.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "Cartography",
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      "glosses": [
        "A particular kind of instrument used by surveyors in mapmaking."
      ],
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          "cartography",
          "cartography"
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          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
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          "surveyor",
          "surveyor"
        ],
        [
          "mapmaking",
          "mapmaking"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cartography) A particular kind of instrument used by surveyors in mapmaking."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "planchette"
        },
        {
          "word": "planetable"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cartography",
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plánchlár"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "plançete",
          "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
          "word": "پلانچته"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ménzula",
          "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ме́нзула"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "planšét",
          "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "планше́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
          "word": "plançete"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plane table"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Originally plain table, because of its simplicity.",
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        "plural"
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      ],
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        ],
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          "instrument",
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        ],
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        "(cartography) A particular kind of instrument used by surveyors in mapmaking."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "planchette"
        }
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        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "planetable"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plánchlár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "plançete",
      "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
      "word": "پلانچته"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ménzula",
      "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́нзула"
    },
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      "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
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      ],
      "word": "планше́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a particular kind of instrument used by surveyors",
      "word": "plançete"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plane table"
}