the outline or silhouette of an object, esp an aircraft, as seen from above
planform in American English
(ˈplænˌfɔrm)
noun
the outline of an object viewed from above
Word origin
[1905–10; plan + form]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, cadre, jazz, push-up, stabilizer
Examples of 'planform' in a sentence
planform
Its circular planform has a 180 m diameter, and there are three levels of organisation.
Candela Outeriño, F., Peyri Macía, A., Castañeda Tamborrell, E. 1968, 'Palacio de los Deportes', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/3796/4284. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This church has a circular planform and can accommodate 1 200 seated people.
Weightman & Bullen, Arquitectos, Whally & Spyra, Ingenieros 1968, 'Iglesia de Santa María, en Leyland, Lancashire, Inglaterra', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/3940/4475. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The shape of the planform of this building corresponds closely to its basic functions.
Hentrich, H., Petschnigg, H., Moser, E., Rüping, J. 1968, 'Casa Unilever, en Hamburgo – Alemania', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/3845/4378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The largest proportion of the braided planform was identified in 1949.
Anna Kidová, Milan Lehotský, Miloš Rusnák 2017, 'Recent channel planform evolution of a braided-wandering river using multitemporaldata and GIS (case study of the Belá River, Slovak Carpathians)', Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectushttp://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/16_1_247.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Decadal channel planform changes were assessed by remote sensing approaches.
D. Morche, D. Morche, A. Schuchardt, K. Dubberke, H. Baewert 2015, 'Channel morphodynamics on a small proglacial braid plain (Fagge River, Gepatschferner,Austria)', Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Scienceshttps://www.proc-iahs.net/367/109/2015/piahs-367-109-2015.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They are controlled by layers vertically and characterized by polygonal planform geometry.
Xiujian DING, Guangdi LIU, Mingliang SUN, Pangen WANG 2013, 'Origin of polygonal fault systems: A case from the Sanzhao sag in the Songliao Basin,East China', Petroleum Exploration and Developmenthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380413600403. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It has a rectangular planform, 63x92 m, and it can accommodate 10,000 spectators.
Bergholt, K., Ostenfeld, Chr., Jönson, W. 1966, 'Cubierta de doble curvatura de cables pretensados (Finlandia)', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4271/4941. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)