plane 1 (pl n)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. [Latin pl num, flat surface, from neuter of plnus, flat; see pel -2 in Indo-European roots. N., sense 4, short for aeroplane.]plane  ness n.Word History: The plane in which we fly is properly named for a very important element of its structure  the wing that keeps it in the air. But the story behind this name is slightly complicated. To begin with, plane in the sense of "winged vehicle," first recorded in April 1908, is a shortened form of aeroplane. In June of that year plane appeared in a quotation from the London Times that mentioned one of the Wright brothers. Aeroplane, first recorded in 1866, is made up of the prefix aero-, "air, aviation," and the word plane, referring to the structure designed to keep an air vehicle aloft. Originally the plane in such contexts was imagined as flat, hence the choice of the word plane; in practice this surface must curve slightly in order to work. The word aeroplane for the vehicle is first found in 1873. The first recorded appearance of the form airplane in our current sense, which uses air- instead of aero-, is found in 1907. An American flies in an airplane while a Briton still travels in an aeroplane, but both can catch a plane. |
| plane 2 (pln) 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 or as if with a plane. 2. To remove with a plane: plane off the rough edges on a board. v.intr. 1. To work with a plane. 2. To act as a plane. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pl na, from plnre, to plane, from plnus, flat; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| plane 3 (pln) 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. [Middle English planen, to glide, soar, from Old French planer, from plain, flat, level; see plain.] |
| plane 4 (pln) n. The plane tree. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, perhaps from platus, broad; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] |
plane 1
Noun
1. an aeroplane
2. Maths a flat surface in which a straight line joining any two of its points lies entirely on that surface
3. a level surface: an inclined plane
4. a level of existence or attainment: her ambition was set on a higher plane than pulling pints in a pub
Adjective
1. level or flat
2. Maths lying entirely in one plane
Verb
[planing, planed]
to glide or skim: they planed over the ice [Latin planum level surface]
plane 2
Noun
a tool with a steel blade for smoothing timber
Verb
[planing, planed]
1. to smooth (timber) using a plane
2. (often foll. by away, off)to remove using a plane [Latin planare to level]
| plane (pln) Noun A two-dimensional surface, any two of whose points can be joined by a straight line that lies entirely in the surface. Adjective Lying in a plane: a plane curve. |
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| Noun | 1. |  plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" airliner - a commercial airplane that carries passengers amphibious aircraft, amphibian - an airplane designed to take off and land on water biplane - old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) delta wing - an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency attack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) hangar queen - an airplane with a bad maintenance record heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it cowl, cowling, bonnet, hood - protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" dip circle, inclinometer - a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) landing gear - an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground monoplane - an airplane with a single wing multiengine airplane, multiengine plane - a plane with two or more engines navigation light - light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip propeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propeller radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves reconnaissance plane - a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination hydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" ski-plane - an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield tanker plane - an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire windscreen, windshield - transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift atomic number 22, Ti, titanium - a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite prang - crash hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" |
| 2. | plane - (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" shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement Cartesian plane - a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates facet plane - the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) orbital plane - (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting picture plane - the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work tangent plane - the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface | |
| 3. | plane - a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane" | |
| 4. |  plane - a power tool for smoothing or shaping woodpower tool - a tool driven by a motor | |
| 5. |  plane - a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"beading plane - a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork block plane - a small plane used on end grains of wood bullnose, bullnosed plane - a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front chamfer plane - a plane that makes a beveled edge circular plane, compass plane - a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces combination plane - a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes dovetail plane - a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) fore plane - a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands jack plane - a carpenter's plane for rough finishing jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane - a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together match plane, tonguing and grooving plane - a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards openside plane, rabbet plane - a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets router plane - a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms scrub plane - a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock smooth plane, smoothing plane - a small plane for finish work spokeshave - a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) | |
| Verb | 1. | plane - cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. | plane - travel on the surface of water glide - move smoothly and effortlessly aquaplane - ride on an aquaplane aquaplane - rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road; "the car aquaplaned" | |
| 3. | plane - make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door" | |
| Adj. | 1. | plane - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
plane
noun 2. flat surface, the flat, horizontal, level surface
Translations
plane [pleɪn] n (Aviat) → Flugzeug nt;
(tool) → Hobel m;
(also: plane tree) → Platane f
vt [+ wood] → hobeln
vi (Naut, Aut) → gleiten
plane [pleɪn] n (AVIAT) → aereo;
(tree) → platano;
(tool) → pialla;
(ART, MATH etc) → piano
vt (with tool) → piallare
n plane [plein]
1 an aeroplane. vliegtuig طائِرَه самолет letadlo fly; flyvemaskine das Flugzeug αεροπλάνο avión lennuk هواپیما lentokone avion מטוס हवाई जहाज avion repülő(gép) pesawat terbang flugvél aereo, aeroplano 飛行機 비행기 lėktuvas lidmašīna kapal terbang vliegtuig fly samolot avião avion самолёт lietadlo letalo avion []plan เครื่องบิน uçak 飛機 літак جہاز máy bay 飞机
2 a level or standard Man is on a higher plane (of development) than the apes. vlak مُسْتَوى ниво úroveň, stupeň stade; niveau die Ebene επίπεδο nivel, plano tase سطح؛ پایه taso plan, niveau מִישוֹר स्तर nivo,razina színvonal, szint tingkat (þróunar)stig piano, livello 水準 수준, 단계 lygmuo, plotmė līmenis; pakāpe tahap plan, niveau nivå, stadium poziom nível plan, nivel уровень úroveň, stupeň stopnja stepen plan, nivå มาตรฐาน düzey, seviye 水平 рівень معيار، سطح trình độ 水平
3 in geometry, a flat surface. vlak سَطْح مُسْتَوٍ равнина plocha flade die Ebene επίπεδη επιφάνεια plano tasand سطح صاف taso plan מִישוֹר समक्षेत्र ravnina,ploha sík datar slétta, flötur piano 平面 평면 plokštuma plakne satah vlak plan płaszczyzna plano plan плоскость plocha ploskev ravan plan yta, plan พื้นราบ düzlem 平面 проекція جيومٹري کي اصطلاح ميں ہموار سطح mặt phẳng 平面
v
to move smoothly over the surface (of water etc). gly, vaar يتَحَرَّك بِنُعومَه على سَطْحِ الشَّيء нося се plachtit, klouzat plane gleiten γλιστρώ στην επιφάνεια deslizarse lauglema روی آب سریدن liukua planer לְרָחֵף रंदना, बराबर कर देना, चौरस बनाना klizati,glisirati siklik (vízen) meluncur líða eftir vatnsfleti planare 滑走する 활주하다, (수면을) 미끄러지듯 질주하다 sklandyti, slysti slīdēt; planēt melayap planeren plane, gli ślizgać się planar a plana парить plachtiť, kĺzať drseti kretati se lagano glida การเคลื่อนไหวเหนือพื้น kaymak, süzülmek 在水面上滑行 планерувати; ковзати نرمي سے بہنا، حرکت کرنا lướt 在水面上滑行
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