plane
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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.
Adjective[edit]
plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)
Translations[edit]
of a surface: flat or level.
Noun[edit]
plane (plural planes)
- A level or flat surface.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
- A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
- 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.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (mathematics): real plane, complex plane
- (anatomy): coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
level or flat surface
math: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions
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level of existence
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin plana (“planing tool”), from plano (“to level”)
Noun[edit]
plane (plural planes)
Translations[edit]
a tool
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)
- (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
Translations[edit]
to smooth with a plane
Etymology 3[edit]
Abbreviated from aeroplane.
Noun[edit]
plane (plural planes)
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
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2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 34:
- The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.
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Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
airplane
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Verb[edit]
plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)
Translations[edit]
to move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water
to glide
Etymology 4[edit]
From Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”).
Noun[edit]
plane (plural planes)
Translations[edit]
deciduous tree
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Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
plane
- feminine form of plan
Verb[edit]
plane
- first-person singular present indicative of planer
- third-person singular present indicative of planer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of planer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of planer
- second-person singular imperative of planer
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Verb[edit]
plane
- First-person singular present of planen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of planen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of planen.
- Imperative singular of planen.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plānus (“intelligible, clear”).
Adverb[edit]
plānē (not comparable)
- distinctly, intelligibly
- wholly, quite, thoroughly
- (in answering) certainly, absolutely, by all reason, beyond a doubt
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- plane in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
plane
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
plane
- absolute definite natural masculine form of plan.
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