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plane

See also: Plane, pláne, plané, plañe, and Pläne

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pleɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophone: plain

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin planum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of planus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

AdjectiveEdit

plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)

  1. Of a surface: flat or level.
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NounEdit

plane (plural planes)

  1. A level or flat surface.
  2. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
  3. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
  4. 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.
  5. (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
  6. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
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Etymology 2Edit

 
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin plana (“planing tool”), from plano (“to level”)

NounEdit

 
a rebate plane

plane (plural planes)

  1. (countable) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
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VerbEdit

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

  1. (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
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Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviated from aeroplane.

NounEdit

plane (plural planes)

  1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
    • 2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 34:
      The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.
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VerbEdit

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

  1. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
  2. To glide or soar.
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Etymology 4Edit

Borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”).

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plane (plural planes)

  2. (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
  3. (Northern UK) A sycamore.
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VerbEdit

plane

  1. First-person singular present of planen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of planen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of planen.
  4. Imperative singular of planen.

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From plānus (“intelligible, clear”).

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plānē (not comparable)

  1. distinctly, intelligibly
  2. wholly, quite, thoroughly
  3. (in answering) certainly, absolutely, by all reason, beyond a doubt

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

plane

  1. singular definite of plan
  2. plural of plan

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VerbEdit

plane

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of planar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of planar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of planar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of planar

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AdjectiveEdit

plane

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of plan.
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