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Definition of plane away - 4 dictionary results

plane

2  [pleyn] noun, verb, planed, plan⋅ing.
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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 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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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>
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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.

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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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