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plane

1  [pleyn] noun, adjective, verb, planed, plan⋅ing.
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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. Aeronautics.
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. Architecture. 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.
–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 n. and adj. senses; (n.) < L plānum flat surface (n. use of plānus flat); (adj.) < L plānus; first used to distinguish the geometrical senses formerly belonging to plain 1 ; in def. 5, shortened form of airplane, aeroplane, or hydroplane; (v.) late ME planen (of a bird) to soar (cf. MF planer); akin to plain 1

Related forms:
planeness, noun

Synonyms:
4. stratum, stage. 7. smooth, even, flush.

plane

2  [pleyn] noun, verb, planed, plan⋅ing.
–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 fol. by away or off).
–verb (used without object)
5. to work with a plane.
6. to function as a plane.
Origin:
1275–1325; (n.) ME (< MF) < LL plāna, deriv. of plānāre to smooth, itself deriv. of L plānus plain 1 ; (v.) ME planen (< MF planer) < LL plānāre
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plane 2   (plān)   
n.  

  1. A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.

  2. A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.

v.   planed, plan·ing, planes

v.   tr.

  1. To smooth or finish with or as if with a plane.

  2. To remove with a plane: plane off the rough edges on a board.

v.   intr.

  1. To work with a plane.

  2. To act as a plane.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin plāna, from plānāre, to plane, from plānus, flat; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
plane 3   (plān)   
intr.v.   planed, plan·ing, planes

  1. To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.

  2. To soar or glide.

  3. To travel by airplane.


[Middle English planen, to glide, soar, from Old French planer, from plain, flat, level; see plain.]
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Cultural Dictionary

plane

A geometrical location having only two dimensions — length and width (no height). (See coordinates and plane geometry.)

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Word Origin & History

plane  (1)
"flat surface," 1604, from L. plantum "flat surface," properly neut. of adj. planus "flat, level, plain, clear," from PIE *pla-no- (cf. Lith. plonas "thin;" Celtic *lanon "plain;" perhaps also Gk. pelanos "sacrificial cake, a mixture offered to the gods, offering (of meal, honey, and oil) poured or spread"), suffixed form of base *pele- "to spread out, broad, flat" (cf. O.C.S. polje "flat land, field," Rus. polyi "open;" O.E., O.H.G. feld, M.Du. veld "field"). Fig. sense is attested from 1850. The verb meaning "soar, glide on motionless wings" is first recorded 1611, from M.Fr. planer (16c.), from L. planum on notion of bird gliding with flattened wings. Of boats, etc., "to skim over the surface of water" it is first found 1913.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: plane
Pronunciation: 'plAn
Function: noun
1 a : a surface that contains at least three points not all in a straight line and is such thata line drawn through any two points in it lies wholly in the surface b : an imaginary plane used to identify parts of the body or a part of the skull —see FRANKFORT HORIZONTAL PLANE, MIDSAGITTALPLANE
2 : a stage in surgical anesthesia plane of anesthesia is maintained with cyclopropane —Journal of the American MedicalAssociation>

Main Entry: planing
—see ROOT PLANING
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Medical Dictionary

plane 1 (plān)
n.

  1. A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.

  2. A flat or level surface.

  3. An imaginary surface formed by extension through any axis of the body or through two definite points on the body.

planing plan·ing (plā'nĭng)
n.
See dermabrasion.

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