Plane definition
Plane off the rough edges on a board.
Scholarship on a high plane.
An example of a plane is the tool used to smooth the sides of doors to make them close more easily.
An example of a plane is an airplane that flys from New York to San Francisco.
An example of to plane is to use a tool to scrape long strips of wood off the edge of a door to make it fit better in the doorway.
A plane curve.
Planed the door.
A plane curve.
Origin of plane
- Middle English from Old French from Late Latin plāna from plānāre to plane from plānus flat pelə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old French from Latin platanus from Greek platanos perhaps from platus broad plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Latin plānum flat surface from neuter of plānus flat pelə-2 in Indo-European roots N., sense 4, short for aeroplane
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English planen to glide, soar from Old French planer from plain flat, level plain
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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- From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin plana (“planing tool"), from plano (“to level")
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- Abbreviated from aeroplane.
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