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Definition plane

Etymology 1

From Latin pl?num (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of pl?nus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

Adjective

plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)

1. Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun

plane (plural planes)

1. A level or flat surface.
2. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
3. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
4. 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.
5. (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
6. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

Etymology 2

plane (plural planes)

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

Verb

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

1. (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane.

Etymology 3

Clipping of aeroplane.

Noun

plane (plural planes)

1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
3. (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

Verb

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

1. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
2. To glide or soar.

Etymology 4

From Middle English plane, borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (plátanos), from ?????? (platús, “wide, broad”).

Noun

plane (plural planes)

1. (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. (Northern UK) A sycamore.

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