plane
noun
[ pleɪn ]
• a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.
• "the horizontal plane"
Similar:
flat surface,
level surface,
the flat,
horizontal,
• a level of existence, thought, or development.
• "everything is connected on the spiritual plane"
plane
adjective
• completely level or flat.
• "a plane surface"
Similar:
flat,
level,
horizontal,
even,
flush,
levelled,
true,
smooth,
regular,
uniform,
planar,
homaloidal,
plane
verb
• (of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.
• "seagulls swooped and planed overhead"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin planum ‘flat surface’, neuter of the adjective planus ‘plain’. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e ) ‘flat’. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain1, from the latter's other meanings.
plane
noun
• an aeroplane.
• "a plane crash"
plane
verb
• travel in an aeroplane.
• "I had planed into the large air terminal at Los Angeles"
Origin:
early 20th century: shortened form.
plane
noun
• a tool consisting of a block with a projecting steel blade, used to smooth a wooden or other surface by paring shavings from it.
plane
verb
• smooth (wood or other material) with a plane.
• "plane the edges of the wood to a smooth finish"
Origin:
Middle English: from a variant of obsolete French plaine ‘planing instrument’, from late Latin plana (in the same sense), from Latin planare ‘make level’, from planus ‘plain, level’.
plane
noun
• a tall spreading tree of the northern hemisphere, with maple-like leaves and bark that peels in uneven patches.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, from platus ‘broad’.
