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parallel ruler

British

noun

engineering a drawing instrument in which two parallel edges are connected so that they remain parallel, although the distance between them can be varied

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The exercises were growing more complex and difficult: navigation by leg dividers and a parallel ruler; docking in 30 mph wind; sailing around an entire island; trying to rescue Mick’s hat, which blew overboard.

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By this process the parallel ruler could be moved all over the chart without losing the course from one point to the other.

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I measured off a distance of four miles with the dividers, and marked it off above the mouth of the creek; then applied the parallel ruler and found the course.

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The lieutenant followed him, and stood watching as the master again manipulated his parallel ruler and dividers.

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In his model the double parallel ruler is replaced by two endless strings and pulleys, and the bar, B C, by a T square.

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