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Dutch
Etymology
From tekenen (“to draw (a picture)”) + aap (“ape, monkey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteː.kə(n)ˌaːp/
- Hyphenation: te‧ken‧aap
Noun
tekenaap m (plural tekenapen, diminutive tekenaapje n)
- a pantograph designed as a drawing aid
- 1793, "Natuurlyk Toverboek, behelzende de verbaazendste Geheimen van Natuur en Konst, opgehelderd met Plaaten" (review), Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, pages 260 and 261.
„Wat eindelyk de middelen betreft, door welke de Dwerg den arm van het Beeld in beweeging brengt, en de stukken verzet, dezelve verschillen niet veel van eene zogenaamde Pantographe of Tekenäap, van welken men den eenen arm beweegt om eene Schildery in 't groot af te trekken, terwyl de andere arm dezelfde lynen in 't klein op eene zeer kleine tekening afloopt.”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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