plane
IPA: pɫˈeɪn
noun
- A level or flat surface.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level of existence or development.
- 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. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
verb
- (transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- (nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
- To glide or soar.
adjective
- Of a surface: flat or level.
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Examples of "plane" in Sentences
- The plane crash was on the news.
- The plane crushed on the island.
- The plane was flying the firmament.
- It gives the orientation of the plane.
- Sleeping on the plane is also simply not possible.
- The astral plane lies directly above the etheric plane.
- She caught the word plane at the end of the newsreport.
- The fluke pivots through the plane but not in the plane.
- This plane is the biggest that I've been on for a while.
- The wavy flight of the plane caused a lot of people airsickness.
- The inclined plane was the last operational canal plane in the country.
- In the latter mode, the duplex rebate plane is similar to a bullnose plane.
- He intends to fly the aircraft over Moscow and detonate the bombs in the plane.
- The branches move both behind and in front of the title plane, a device Stuart used many times.
- I can at least get out of a car from time to time, but a plane is another degree of difficulty altogether.
- _plane_, no such simple movement as the foregoing suffices to produce or explain it, because symmetry about a plane implies
- The man that tried to blow up the plane is a terrorist and should be tried in a court of law but he should also have rights to an attorney and due process, etc.
- Plane-polarised light is light with the vibrations all in a single plane, perpendicular to the plane through the ray which is technically called the plane of polarisation.
- The brother flying the plane is the older, slacker of a brother who has convinced his younger, studious brother to ditch university the week before his finals so they can spend some time together.