Definition of Plane

1. Adjective. Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. "Skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

Exact synonyms: Flat, Level
Similar to: Even
Derivative terms: Flatness, Planeness

2. Verb. Cut or remove with or as if with a plane. "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
Exact synonyms: Shave
Generic synonyms: Cut
Derivative terms: Planer

3. Noun. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. "The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

4. Verb. Travel on the surface of water.
Exact synonyms: Skim
Generic synonyms: Glide
Specialized synonyms: Aquaplane, Aquaplane

5. Noun. (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape. "Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
Exact synonyms: Sheet
Generic synonyms: Form, Shape
Category relationships: Math, Mathematics, Maths
Specialized synonyms: Cartesian Plane, Facet Plane, Midline, Midplane, Orbital Plane, Picture Plane, Tangent Plane
Derivative terms: Planar

6. Verb. Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane. "Plane the top of the door"
Generic synonyms: Smooth, Smoothen
Derivative terms: Planation, Planer

7. Noun. A level of existence or development. "He lived on a worldly plane"
Generic synonyms: Degree, Level, Point, Stage

8. Noun. A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
Exact synonyms: Planer, Planing Machine
Generic synonyms: Power Tool

9. Noun. A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood. "The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"

Definition of Plane

1. n. Any tree of the genus Platanus.

2. a. Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

3. n. A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.

4. v. t. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.

5. v. i. Of a boat, to lift more or less out of the water while in motion, after the manner of a hydroplane; to hydroplane.

Definition of Plane

1. Adjective. Of a surface: flat or level. ¹

2. Noun. A level or flat surface. ¹

3. Noun. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). ¹

4. Noun. A level of existence or development. (''eg'', ''astral '''plane''''') ¹

5. Noun. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. ¹

6. Noun. (computing Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points. ¹

7. Noun. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions. ¹

8. Noun. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane. ¹

10. Noun. An airplane; an aeroplane. ¹

11. Verb. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water. ¹

12. Verb. To glide or soar. ¹

13. Noun. (countable botany) A deciduous tree of the genus ''Platanus''. ¹

14. Noun. (context: Northern UK) A sycamore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plane

1. to make smooth or even [v PLANED, PLANING, PLANES]

Medical Definition of Plane

1. 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank. 2. To efface or remove. "He planed away the names . . . Written on his tables." (Chaucer) 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. "What student came but that you planed her path." (Tennyson) Origin: Cf. F. Planer, L. Planare, fr. Planus. See Plane, Plain, and cf. Planish. Any tree of the genus Platanus. The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species (Platanus racemosa). Origin: F, fr. L. Platanus, Gr, fr. Broad; so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree. Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. Plane angle, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. Plane chart, Plane curve. See Chart and Curve. Plane figure, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. Plane geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. Plane problem, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. Plane sailing, a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. Plane surveying, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. Plane table, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. Plane trigonometry, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. Origin: L. Planus: cf. F. Plan. See Plan. 1. A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature. 2. An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator. 3. A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. 4. A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc. Objective plane, the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray. Origin: F. Plane, L. Plana. See Plane, &. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plane

planate
planation
planations
planch
planche
planched
plancher
planches
planchet
planchets
planchette
planchettes
planching
planchings
planctomycete
plane (current term)
plane-parallel
plane-polarized
plane-polarized light
plane-tree family
plane angle
plane curve
plane figure
plane geometry
plane joint
plane of ecliptic
plane of incidence

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