planing

plane ¹

 (plān)

n.

1. Mathematics A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.

2. A flat or level surface.

3. A level of development, existence, or achievement: scholarship on a high plane.

4. An airplane or hydroplane.

5. A supporting surface of an airplane; an airfoil or wing.

adj.

1. Mathematics Of or being a figure lying in a plane: a plane curve.

2. Flat; level. See Synonyms at level.

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[Latin plānum, flat surface, from neuter of plānus, flat; see pelə- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 4, short for aeroplane.]

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plane′ness n.

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plane ²

 (plān)

n.

1. A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.

2. A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.

v. planed, plan·ing, planes

v.tr.

1. To smooth or finish with a plane: planed the door.

2. To remove with a plane: plane off the rough edges on a board.

v.intr.

To work with a plane.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin plāna, from plānāre, to plane, from plānus, flat; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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plane ³

 (plān)

intr.v. planed, plan·ing, planes

1. To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.

2. To soar or glide.

3. To travel by airplane.

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[Middle English planen, to glide, soar, from Old French planer, from plain, flat, level; see plain.]

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plane ⁴

 (plān)

n.

The plane tree.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, perhaps from platus, broad; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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