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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A craniometrical device for determining profiles. It has sliding rods which are adjustable to the contour of the head, and thus enable a tracing of the profile to be made.

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  • noun A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface

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profile +‎ -meter

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