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Conformator

Conformator \Con"for*ma`tor\, n. [L., a framer.] An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head.

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conformator

n. An apparatus used to take the conformation of part of the body in order to produce something that will fit it (especially of the head, for a hat)