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noun
1.
a flat or level surface.
2.
Geometry. a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point.
3.
Fine Arts. an area of a two-dimensional surface having determinate extension and spatial direction or position: oblique plane; horizontal plane.
4.
a level of dignity, character, existence, development, or the like: a high moral plane.
5.
EXPANDAeronautics.
a.
an airplane or a hydroplane: to take a plane to Dallas.
b.
a thin, flat or curved, extended section of an airplane or a hydroplane, affording a supporting surface.
6.
COLLAPSEArchitecture. a longitudinal section through the axis of a column.
adjective
7.
flat or level, as a surface.
8.
of or pertaining to planes or plane figures.
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Planes
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used without object)
9.
to glide or soar.
10.
(of a boat) to rise partly out of the water when moving at high speed.
11.
Informal. to fly or travel in an airplane: We'll drive to Detroit and plane to Los Angeles.
Origin:
1400–50 for sense “to soar”; 1640–50 for noun and adj. senses; (noun) < Latin plānum flat surface (noun use of plānus flat); (adj.) < Latin plānus; first used to distinguish the geometrical senses formerly belonging to plain1; in def. 5, shortened form of airplane, aeroplane, or hydroplane; (v.) late Middle English planen (of a bird) to soar (compare Middle French planer); akin to plain1
1400–50 for sense “to soar”; 1640–50 for noun and adj. senses; (noun) < Latin plānum flat surface (noun use of plānus flat); (adj.) < Latin plānus; first used to distinguish the geometrical senses formerly belonging to plain1; in def. 5, shortened form of airplane, aeroplane, or hydroplane; (v.) late Middle English planen (of a bird) to soar (compare Middle French planer); akin to plain1
Related forms
plane·ness, noun
Synonyms
4. stratum, stage. 7. smooth, even, flush.
4. stratum, stage. 7. smooth, even, flush.
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noun
1.
Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
2.
a trowellike tool for smoothing the surface of clay in a brick mold.
verb (used with object)
3.
to smooth or dress with or as if with a plane or a planer.
4.
to remove by or as if by means of a plane (usually followed by away or off).
verb (used without object)
5.
to work with a plane.
6.
to function as a plane.
Origin:
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English (< Middle French ) < Late Latin plāna, derivative of plānāre to smooth, itself derivative of Latin plānus plain1; (v.) Middle English planen (< Middle French planer) < Late Latin plānāre
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English (< Middle French ) < Late Latin plāna, derivative of plānāre to smooth, itself derivative of Latin plānus plain1; (v.) Middle English planen (< Middle French planer) < Late Latin plānāre
noun
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin platanus < Greek plátanos, derivative of platýs broad, flat1 (with reference to the leaves)
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin platanus < Greek plátanos, derivative of platýs broad, flat1 (with reference to the leaves)
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Word Origin & History
plane
"tree of the genus Platanus," 1382, from O.Fr. plane, earlier plasne (14c.), from L. platanus, from Gk. platanos, earlier platanistos "plane tree," a species from Asia Minor, associated with platys "broad," in reference to its leaves (see place (n.)). Applied since 1778 in
EXPANDScotland and northern England to the sycamore, whose leaves somewhat resemble those of the true plane tree.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
plane 1 (plān)
n.
A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.
A flat or level surface.
An imaginary surface formed by extension through any axis of the body or through two definite points on the body.
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Science Dictionary
plane  (plān) Pronunciation Key
Noun A two-dimensional surface, any two of whose points can be joined by a straight line that lies entirely in the surface. Adjective Lying in a plane: a plane curve. |
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Cultural Dictionary
plane definition
A geometrical location having only two dimensions — length and width (no height). (See coordinates and plane geometry.)
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