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planar

 
Dictionary: pla·nar   (plā'nər, -när') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or situated in a plane.
  2. Flat: a planar surface.
  3. Having a two-dimensional characteristic.

[Late Latin plānāris, flat, from Latin plānus. See plain.]

planarity pla·nar'i·ty (plā-năr'ĭ-tē) n.

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A technique developed by Fairchild Instruments that creates transistor sublayers by forcing chemicals under pressure into exposed areas. Planar superseded the mesa process and was a major step toward creating the chip.

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Thesaurus: planar
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adjective

    Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flat, flush, level, plane1, smooth, straight. See smooth/rough.

Wikipedia: Planar
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Planar can refer to:

  • Planar Suspension system, a vehicular front suspension system used by Willys corp 1946-1955
  • Planar (computer graphics), computer graphics pixel information from several bitplanes
  • Planar graph, graph that can be drawn so that no edges intersect (or that can be embedded) in the plane
  • Plane (geometry), a name for something made up of flat planes or pertaining to planes
  • Planar Systems, U.S. digital display manufacturing corporation based in Hillsboro, Oregon
  • Zeiss Planar, photographic lens designed by Paul Rudolph at Carl Zeiss in 1896
  • Planar device, computer hardware circuit PCI board integrated into a motherboard

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Translations: Planar
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - plan

Nederlands (Dutch)
tweedimensionaal, betreffende vlakken

Français (French)
adj. - plan

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Math.) Ebenen-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίπεδος

Italiano (Italian)
planare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - planar

Русский (Russian)
плоскостной, плоский, планарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - aplanado, plano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - plan, i planet, planar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
平面的, 平坦的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 平面的, 平坦的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 평면의, 2차원의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 平面の, 二次元の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) المسوي, الساحج, القاشط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מישורי‬


 
 

 

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