multiplaneadj.n.
/ˈmʌltɪpleɪn/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌpleɪn/; see also multi- comb. form. A. adj.
1. Of a kite: having more than one flat surface (rare). Of an aircraft or its design: having two or more wings placed one above another. Now historical.See the historical note s.v. monoplane n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > having specific type or position of wings
multiplane1897
monoplane1907
all-wing1919
mid-wing1934
delta-winged1950
tilt-wing1953
stub-winged1957
wet wing1961
1897 Cent. Mag. May 71/2 This is true of single-plane kites, but multiplane forms introduce new possibilities.
1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. ii. 147 The arrangement employed..is ‘partitioning’..and applies to multiplane aeroplanes.
1939 C. H. L. Needham Aircraft Design I. vi. 74 When two or more planes are situated one above the other, so as to form biplane, triplane or multiplane arrangements, the low pressure region over the top of the lower wing is closely adjacent to the high pressure area below the upper wing.
1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 337 Wenham was the first to build..a multiplane aeroplane, a full-size glider with five wings.
1979 Sci. Amer. July 77/3 He tried both monoplane and multiplane gliders.
2.
a. Film. Designating or relating to a technique in which several images in distinct planes or layers are used to give an enhanced impression of perspective, used esp. for animated films.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective]
slowed-down1919
slowed-up1920
speeded-up1931
multiplane1948
widescreen1949
BW1960
Imax1969
slo-mo1969
Omnimax1973
colorized2005
1948 E. Lindgren Art of Film vii. 127 Objects in different planes will appear to move at different speeds according to their distance from the camera lens..and the relationship between these various movements can..suggest almost a three-dimensional effect; this is the principle behind the multiplane technique now employed in the making of cartoon films.
1959 J. Halas & R. Manvell Technique Film Animation ii. 28 Now the animation studios have their own specialized cameras..capable of photographing multi-plane images with back lighting.
1996 Focus Apr. 17/3 1937: For Snow White, the first feature-length cartoon, Disney engineers design a multiplane camera..to produce realistic foreground, background movement and focus effects.
b. gen. Involving or occupying several distinct planes, layers, or levels (not necessarily horizontal).
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1951 Yale French Stud. No. 7. 33 Such multi-plane interpretation is only part of the difficulty.
1971 Jrnl. Nuclear Med. 12 101/1 The multiplane tomographic scanner overcomes this limitation by simultaneously producing six picture readouts from one scan.
1997 Astrophysical Jrnl. 489 523/1 There have also been studies of the basic mathematical properties of multiplane gravitational lensing.
B. n.
An aircraft having two or more sets of wings placed one above another (as in a biplane or triplane). Now historical.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with more than one wing either side
biplane1874
triplane1908
multiplane1909
quadruplane1909
1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. ii. 139 Will the aeroplane be a ‘monoplane’ or ‘multiplane’?
1928 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 32 145 The method of obtaining the reduction of drag for a multiplane is described.
1973 Country Life 11 Oct. 1074 In 1903 a multiplane, somewhat similar to the one built in 1893, was constructed and taken to Essex for trials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1897