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Meaning of plane in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /pleɪn/

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  1. Verb

    plane

    Definitions

    1. cut or remove with or as if with a plane

    Examples

    • « The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood »
  2. 2. travel on the surface of water
  3. 3. make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane

    Examples

    • « plane the top of the door »
  4. Classifying Adjective

    plane

    Definitions

    1. 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 »

    Synonyms

    • even
  5. Noun

    plane

    Etymology

    early 17th century: from Latin planum‘flat surface’, neuter of the adjective planus‘plain’. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e) ‘flat’. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain, from the latter's other meanings

    Definitions

    1. 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 »
  6. 2. (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

    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 »
  7. 3. a level of existence or development

    Examples

    • « he lived on a worldly plane »
  8. 4. a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
  9. 5. a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood

    Examples

    • « the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work »

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