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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"
2. Verb. Cut or remove with or as if with a plane. "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
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"
Examples of category: Circumnavigation, Defroster, Deicer, Dip Circle, Inclinometer, Roll-on Roll-off, Log, Place, Seat, Highjacker, Hijacker, Passenger, Rider, Drift, Leeway, Atomic Number 22, Ti, Titanium, Prang, Hunt, Astern
Terms within: Accelerator, Accelerator Pedal, Gas, Gas Pedal, Gun, Throttle, Escape Hatch, Fuselage, Bonnet, Cowl, Cowling, Hood, Landing Gear, Navigation Light, Fuel Pod, Pod, Radar Dome, Radome, Windscreen, Windshield, Wing
Specialized synonyms: Airliner, Amphibian, Amphibious Aircraft, Biplane, Bomber, Delta Wing, Attack Aircraft, Fighter, Fighter Aircraft, Hangar Queen, Jet, Jet Plane, Jet-propelled Plane, Monoplane, Multiengine Airplane, Multiengine Plane, Propeller Plane, Reconnaissance Plane, Hydroplane, Seaplane, Ski-plane, Tanker Plane
Generic synonyms: Heavier-than-air Craft
4. Verb. Travel on the surface of water.
5. Noun. (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape. "Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
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"
7. Noun. A level of existence or development. "He lived on a worldly plane"
8. Noun. A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
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"
Specialized synonyms: Beading Plane, Block Plane, Bullnose, Bullnosed Plane, Chamfer Plane, Circular Plane, Compass Plane, Combination Plane, Dovetail Plane, Fore Plane, Jack Plane, Jointer, Jointer Plane, Jointing Plane, Long Plane, Match Plane, Tonguing And Grooving Plane, Openside Plane, Rabbet Plane, Router Plane, Scrub Plane, Smooth Plane, Smoothing Plane, Spokeshave
Generic synonyms: Edge Tool, Hand Tool
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
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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.