planar
planar
Definition
pla·nar (plā′nər)
adjective
of or pertaining to a point on a surface at which the curvature is zero; of or lying in one plane
planar
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- waveguide: The company's researchers recently released a new generation of planar waveguides.
- geometry: The Meissner Effect is most readily studied using a planar geometry.
- graph: These are expressed as a set of ' straight ' paths in a planar graph.
- linkage: An extensive library of mechanism models representing the majority of planar linkages found in practice is provided.
- antenna: This effort has been focused particularly on evolving compact lightweight single element and planar array antennas.
- imaging: Comment: 3D volume imaging using echo planar imaging.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Observations of individual SLAMS also suggests that they are not planar on these scales.
- square: This suggests that the lower energy state is square planar.
- almost: For example, when a planar fragment is fitted to an almost planar fragment one fit may involve inversion of the non-planar fragment.
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