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Noun: plane pleyn- An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- airplane [N. Amer], aeroplane [Brit] - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
"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" - sheet - A level of existence or development
"he lived on a worldly plane" - A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- planer, planing machine - A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
"the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" - carpenter's plane, woodworking plane - Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
- plane tree, sycamore, platan Verb: plane pleyn- Cut or remove with or as if with a plane
- shave - Travel on the surface of water
- skim - Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
"plane the top of the door" Adjective: plane pleyn- Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
"a plane surface" - flat, level
Sounds like: plain Derived forms: planes, planing, planed See also: even, planar, planation, planeness Type of: cut, degree, edge tool, form, glide, hand tool, heavier-than-air craft, level, point, power tool, shape, smooth, smoothen, stage, tree Part of: genus Platanus, Platanus Encyclopedia: Plane |