n. [ F. accompagnement. ] That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
‖a. [ F., animated. ] (Her.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. animé animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name. ] A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Plani- + -meter. Cf. Planometer. ] An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. planimétrie. ] The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes. [ 1913 Webster ]