plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: plain
Forms: form: planes
Etymology: From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain.
Senses: glosses: A level or flat surface.
examples: text: Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.
ref: 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
topics: anatomy
geometry
mathematics
medicine
sciences
glosses: A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
examples: text: astral plane
text: Nettie's stories about her experiences in Africa point out many parallels between the African and American ways of life. Her stories about the African lifestyle and family structure, in particular, point out the sexist and oppressive conditions that women are forced to submit to on a global plane.
ref: 1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8:
glosses: A level of existence or development.
glosses: 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.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Unicode
glosses: Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
Hyponyms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: real plane
topics: mathematics
sciences
word: complex plane
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: coronal plane
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: frontal plane
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: sagittal plane
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: transverse plane
sense: level of existence
word: astral plane
sense: control surface
word: diving plane
sense: Unicode
word: BMP
sense: Unicode
word: PUP
sense: Unicode
word: SIP
sense: Unicode
word: SMP
sense: Unicode
word: SPUA
sense: Unicode
word: SSP
sense: Unicode
word: supplementary plane
sense: Unicode
word: TIP
Derived terms: aerospace plane
antiplane
aquaplane
astral plane
axial plane
bedding plane
biplane
bit plane
bow plane
Bragg plane
bush plane
capping plane
Cartesian plane
chase plane
compass plane
coordinate plane
data plane
datum plane
death plane
divisional plane
doomsday plane
ecliptic plane
equatorial plane
Euclidean plane
fairwater plane
false plane tree
Fano plane
fault plane
fighter plane
focal plane
fracture plane
Frankfurt plane
ghost plane
gliding plane
gutter plane
half-plane
horizontal plane
hyperbolic plane
inclined plane
in-plane switching
interplane
intraplane
invariable plane
jack plane
jet plane
jointer plane
land the plane
Laplace plane
lead plane
London plane
London plane tree
median plane
mesial plane
monoplane
Moufang plane
multiplane
oblique plane
orbital plane
paper plane
phase plane
picture plane
plan ahead
plane angle
plane curve
plane fright
plane geometry
plane graph
plane iron
plane joint
plane-mate
plane mirror
plane of ecliptic
plane of existence
plane of insertion
plane of symmetry
plane-parallel
plane polarized light
plane sailing
planeswalker
plane table
plane tree
plane wave
projective plane
proof plane
quadruplane
rabbet plane
radical plane
real projective plane
reed plane
reglet plane
rocket plane
scaleboard plane
sesquiplane
sniffer plane
spaceplane
S plane
spotter plane
spy plane
stern plane
subplane
symmetry plane
tangent plane
time plane
transaxial plane
transpyloric plane
triplane
view plane
X-plane
zoo plane
Related terms: plain
planar
planate