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plane
has definitions from the fields of transportation,mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (transportation) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Examples "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)I saw holes in planes at the airport and in cars in the streets . We flew in rickety planes so overloaded that we wondered why they did n't crash . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Russian tanks and planes in Cuba jeopardize the security of the United_States , violate the Monroe_Doctrine , and threaten the security of every other Latin_American republic . Military experts say a tight naval_blockade off Cuban ports and at the approaches to Cuban waters would require two naval task_forces , each built around an aircraft_carrier with a complement of about 100 planes and several destroyers . A squadron of Navy jets and another of long-range patrol planes would add support to the carrier task_forces . Related terms aircraft heavier-than-air_craft bomber fighter jet hangar_queen reconnaissance_plane amphibian ski-plane monoplane propeller_plane biplane seaplane multiengine_airplane airliner turbojet tanker_plane wing windshield accelerator cowl fuselage landing_gear pod radome navigation_light escape_hatch seat passenger drift log highjacker inclinometer hunt leeway titanium astern edge_tool defroster roll-on_roll-off prang circumnavigation |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
Synonyms Examples "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane" "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)Long observation has taught Mason that most landscape can be reduced to three essential planes : a foreground in sharp focus - either a light area with dark accents or a dark one with lights ; a middle_distance often containing the major motif ; and a background , usually a silhouetted form foiled against the sky . And how very often a water plane is featured in his landscapes , and how appropriate that he should appear in American_Artist again , in his natal month of March ! |
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[ noun ] a level of existence or development
Examples "he lived on a worldly plane" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)By 800 social and cultural security had been achieved , at_least on a simple plane ; it was time to take bigger steps , to venture on experiments . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another
Examples "a flat desk" "acres of level farmland" "a plane surface" Used in print (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)Consider a simple , closed , plane curve C which is a real analytic image of the unit circle , and which is given by **f . Here , for the case of squares inscribed in plane curves , we remove the restriction to convexity and give certain other results . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cut or remove with or as if with a plane
Synonyms Examples "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" Used in print (Hal Kelly, "Build Hotei"...)The aluminum , flush against the battens , acted_as a fairing stick and enabled me to plane the chines and keelson to the proper bevels easily . When they 're on , the top edges are planed even with the sheer batten . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
Examples "plane the top of the door" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
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[ noun ] a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
Synonyms Examples "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" |
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