planimetry

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Planimetry \Pla*nim"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. planim['e]trie.]
   The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from
   stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "planimetry":
      altimetry, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration,
      cartography, chorography, craniometry, geodesy, geodetics,
      goniometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mensuration, metrology,
      oceanography, psychometrics, psychometry, stereometry, surveying,
      topography

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