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plane

adj
/pleɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-s Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Latin plānumder. English plane From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain.

  1. derived from πλάτανος
  2. derived from platanus
  3. derived from plane
  4. inherited from plane

Definitions

  1. Of a surface

    Of a surface: flat or level.

  2. A level or flat surface.

  3. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane)

    A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.

    • Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A level of existence or development.

      • astral plane

    2. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow…

      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.

    3. Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.

    4. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

    5. To smooth (wood) with a plane.

    6. An airplane

      An airplane; an aeroplane.

      • on a plane

    7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.

    8. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

    9. To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.

    10. To glide or soar.

    11. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

    12. A sycamore.

The neighborhood

Derived

planeness, abstract plane, aerospace plane, antiplane, aquaplane, astral plane, axial plane, backplane, bedding plane, bit plane, bow plane, Bragg plane, capping plane, Cartesian plane, centerplane, chase plane, compass plane, control plane, convexoplane, coordinate plane, coplane, data plane, datum plane, death plane, divisional plane, doomsday plane, ecliptic plane, eigenplane, emotional plane, equatorial plane, Euclidean plane, fairwater plane, false plane tree, Fano plane, fault plane, fighter plane, focal plane, forwarding plane, fracture plane, Frankfurt plane · +140 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at plane. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at plane. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at plane

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA