plane
Other forms: planes; planed; planing
A plane is a vehicle that flies through the air, but it is also a tool used to make something smooth and flat, a kind of tree or a level surface. As a verb, to plane something is to make it flat and smooth.
Don't confuse plane with plain, an adjective that means "simple" or a noun that means "flat land," like the plains of the American Midwest. This can be tricky because plane describes something that is flat and level, or the tool or action that makes something flat and level. If you remember that plain applies only to landforms, the difference will be plain to see — meaning obvious.
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(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”synonyms: sheettypes:Cartesian planea plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinatesfacet planethe plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)orbital plane(astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbitingpicture planethe plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the worktangent planethe plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
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a level of existence or development
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an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jetstypes:airlinera commercial airplane that carries passengersbiplaneold fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the otherbombera military aircraft that drops bombs during flightdelta wingan airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangleattack aircraft, fighter, fighter aircrafta high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the airhangar queenan airplane with a bad maintenance recordmonoplanean airplane with a single wingpropeller planean airplane that is driven by a propellerreconnaissance planea military airplane used to gain information about an enemyski-planean airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfieldtanker planean airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fireairbusa subsonic jet airliner operated over short distancesdive bombera bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the targetdouble-prop, double-propeller plane, twin-prop, twin-propeller-planea propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)flying boata large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoonsinterceptora fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraftjetlinera large jet plane that carries passengerskamikazea fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War IIpropjet, turbo-propeller plane, turbopropan airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet enginestealth bombera bomber that is difficult to detect by radarstealth fightera fighter that is difficult to detect by radar; is built for precise targeting and uses laser-guided bombstwinjeta jet plane propelled by two jet enginestwin-aisle airplane, wide-body, wide-body aircraft, widebody aircrafta commercial airliner with two aislestype of:heavier-than-air crafta non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it
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travel on the surface of water
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a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood“the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work”synonyms: carpenter's plane, woodworking planetypes:beading planea plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadworkblock planea small plane used on end grains of woodchamfer planea plane that makes a beveled edgecircular plane, compass planea plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfacescombination planea woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapesdovetail planea woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail jointsfore planea carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer planejack planea carpenter's plane for rough finishingjointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long planea long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togethermatch plane, tonguing and grooving planea plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboardsrouter planea woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottomsscrub planea narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stockspokeshavea small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)dado planea plane for making a dado groove
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a power tool for smoothing or shaping woodsynonyms: planer, planing machinetype of:power toola tool driven by a motor
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cut or remove with or as if with a plane
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make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
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having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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