Pronunciations
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/pleɪn/
Adjective
Of a surface: flat or level.
Noun
A level or flat surface.
A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
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Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.
A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof. An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
A level of existence or development.
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astral plane
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Nettie's stories about her experiences in Africa point out many parallels between the African and American ways of life. Her stories about the African lifestyle and family structure, in particular, point out the sexist and oppressive conditions that women are forced to submit to on a global 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.
Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
Noun
A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
Usage- Countable
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Verb
To smooth (wood) with a plane.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
An airplane; an aeroplane.
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on a plane
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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.
Boeing said it agreed with the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground the 737 Max 9 planes while they are inspected.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
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The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
Verb
To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
Usage- of a boat
To glide or soar.
Noun
A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
Usage- Countable
A sycamore.
Usage- Northern-UK
Adjective
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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a flat desk
acres of level farmland
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a plane surface
skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Noun
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
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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
a level of existence or development
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he lived on a worldly plane
a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
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a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
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the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work
Verb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
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The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood
travel on the surface of water
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make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
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plane the top of the door