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| 1. | [ noun ] (transportation) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | |
| Synonyms: | airplane aeroplane | |
| Examples: | "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
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| Related terms: | aircraft heavier-than-air_craft bomber fighter jet hangar_queen reconnaissance_plane amphibian ski-plane monoplane propeller_plane biplane seaplane multiengine_airplane airliner turbojet tanker_plane wing windshield accelerator cowl fuselage landing_gear pod radome navigation_light escape_hatch seat passenger drift log highjacker inclinometer hunt leeway titanium astern edge_tool defroster roll-on_roll-off prang circumnavigation | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | |
| Synonyms: | sheet | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | shape picture_plane facet_plane cartesian_plane orbital_plane midplane tangent_plane mathematics | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a level of existence or development | |
| Examples: | "he lived on a worldly plane" |
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| Related terms: | degree | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another | |
| Synonyms: | flat level | |
| Examples: | "a flat desk" "acres of level farmland" "a plane surface" |
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| Related terms: | even | |
| 5. | [ verb ] cut or remove with or as if with a plane | |
| Synonyms: | shave | |
| Examples: | "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" |
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| Related terms: | cut | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | |
| Examples: | "plane the top of the door" |
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| Related terms: | smooth | |
| 7. | [ verb ] travel on the surface of water | |
| Synonyms: | skim | |
| Related terms: | glide aquaplane aquaplane | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | |
| Synonyms: | planing_machine planer | |
| Related terms: | power_tool | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood | |
| Synonyms: | woodworking_plane carpenter's_plane | |
| Examples: | "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" |
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| Related terms: | hand_tool edge_tool chamfer_plane circular_plane block_plane combination_plane scrub_plane fore_plane openside_plane jack_plane jointer match_plane router_plane dovetail_plane bullnose smooth_plane beading_plane | |
| Similar spelling: |
plan plume pliny plano plain Pleione |
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