protractile (protraktil)

[ protracting-bevel (prō-trak'ting-bev"el), n. A combined sector, rule, straight-edge, and bevel used in plotting plans and other drawings. protraction (pro-trak's hon), n. [ 2. In surv.: (a) The act of plotting or laying down on paper the dimensions of a field, etc. (b) That which is protracted or plotted on paper.-3. The action of a protractor in sense (b).-4. In anc. pros., the treatment as metrically long of a syllable usually measured as a short: opposed to correption.