Plane definition

plān

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A flat or level surface.

noun

(mathematics) A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.

noun

Flat; level; even.

adjective

To remove with a plane.

Plane off the rough edges on a board.

verb

Any of a genus (Platanus) of trees of the plane-tree family having maplelike leaves, spherical dry fruits, and bark that sheds in large patches; sycamore.

noun

A level of development, achievement, existence, etc.

noun

To rise partly out of the water while in motion at high speed, as a hydroplane does.

verb

A level of development, existence, or achievement.

Scholarship on a high plane.

noun

The definition of a plane is a woodworking tool that removes wood to create a flat surface, or the shortened form of the word airplane.

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.

noun

To plane is to make smooth or even.

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.

verb

Lying on a surface that is a plane.

adjective

Of such surfaces.

adjective

A surface that wholly contains every straight line joining any two points lying in it.

noun

A flat, level, or even surface.

noun

Airplane.

noun

Any airfoil; esp., a wing of an airplane.

noun

A carpenter's tool for shaving a wood surface in order to make it smooth, level, etc.

noun

To make smooth or level with or as with a plane.

verb

To remove with or as with a plane.

verb

To work with a plane.

verb

To do the work of a plane.

verb

To soar or glide.

verb

To travel by airplane.

verb

A two-dimensional surface, any two of whose points can be joined by a straight line that lies entirely in the surface.

noun

Lying in a plane.

A plane curve.

adjective

Of a surface: flat or level.

adjective

A level or flat surface.

noun

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

noun

A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)

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.

noun

(computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

noun

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

noun

(countable) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

noun

To smooth (wood) with a plane.

verb

An airplane; an aeroplane.

noun

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

verb

To glide or soar.

verb

(countable, botany) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

noun

(Northern UK) A sycamore.

noun

A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.

noun

A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.

noun

To smooth or finish with a plane.

Planed the door.

verb

(mathematics) Of or being a figure lying in a plane.

A plane curve.

adjective

Flat; level.

adjective

To work with a plane.

verb

To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.

verb

To soar or glide.

verb

To travel by airplane.

verb

The plane tree.

noun

An airplane or hydroplane.

noun

A supporting surface of an airplane; an airfoil or wing.

noun

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

plane

Plural:

planes

Adjective

Base Form:

plane

Comparative:

planer

Superlative:

planest

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
From Latin planum (“flat surface"), a noun use of the neuter of planus (“plain"). The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

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From Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (platanos), from πλατύς (platus, “wide, broad").

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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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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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