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adjective

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

verb

To make even, smooth, or level: even¹, flat, flatten, level, smooth, straighten. See smooth/rough.

Definition: level, horizontal
Antonyms: upright, vertical

v. 1. (of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.

2. (of a boat, surfboard, etc.) skim over the surface of water as a result of lift produced hydrodynamically.

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1. A tool for smoothing wood surfaces; consists of a smooth soleplate, from the under-side of which projects slightly the cutting edge of an inclined blade; there is an aperture in front of the blade for the shavings to escape. 2. A surface, any section through which by a like surface is a straight line.
3. Of a column, the surface of a longitudinal section through the axis of the column.

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A two-dimensional surface with an orientation defined by three distinct points not all contained in the same line. It can be thought of as an imaginary, flat, rectangular surface. See cardinal planes.

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• 1919 R. Cummings Girl in Golden Atom L. Margulies & O.J. Friend Giant Anthology of SF (1954) № 119: I have thought about it a good deal, and I have reached the conclusion that the inhabitants of any universe in the next smaller or larger plane to ours probably resemble us fairly closely.
• 1927 G.P. Bauer Below Infra Red Amazing Stories (Dec.) № 883/2: There is much food for thought, or speculation in the thought that there exist sound-waves that no ear can hear, and color-waves that no eye can see. [...] THERE MAY BE BEINGS WHO LIVE IN DIFFERENT PLANES FROM OURSELVES, AND WHO ARE ENDOWED WITH SENSE-ORGANS LIKE OUR OWN, ONLY THEY ARE TUNED TO HEAR AND SEE IN A DIFFERENT SPHERE OF MOTION.
• 1930 E.E. Repp Red Dimension Sci. Wonder Stories (Jan.) № 698/2: Yet I mean just what I say about the planes of existence below and above our senses of vision and hearing.
• 1946–47 B. Walton Planet Stories Princess of Chaos (Dec.–Feb.) № 115/2: Our scientists call them plains sic .... But they are really worlds coexistent with this one.
• 1953 R. Dee Minister Had to Wait Fantastic Universe (June–July) № 142/2: From superspace, the plane of existence immediately above ours [...]. The energy backlash from our generator must have weakened the spatial barrier between dimensions.
• 1963 K. Laumer Long Remembered Thunder Nine by Laumer (1967) № 151: A point of material contact between the Niss world and this plane of space-time.
• 2002 U.K. Le Guin Social Dreaming of Frin Mag. of Fantasy & SF (Oct./Nov.) № 178: On the Frinthian plane dreams are not private property.

A geometrical location having only two dimensions — length and width (no height). (See coordinates and plane geometry.)

1. a surface in which a straight line joining any two contained points lies entirely within the surface; a flat surface.
2. an imaginary surface of such a kind within a real structure or lying conceptually in space.
3. lying wholly in one plane; flat or level; planar.

1. a flat surface determined by the position of three points in space.
2. a specified level, as the plane of anesthesia.
3. to rub away or abrade. See also planing and plastic surgery.
4. a superficial incision in the wall of a cavity or between tissue layers, especially in plastic surgery, made so that the precise point of entry into the cavity or between the layers can be determined.

• coronal p. — frontal plane, an ambiguous term when applied to quadrupeds and bipeds.
• dorsal p. — any plane passing longitudinally through the body from side to side, at right angles to the median plane and dividing the body into dorsal and ventral parts. Called also coronal plane, frontal plane.
• horizontal p. — one passing through the body at right angles to the median plane, and dividing the body into upper and lower parts.
• inclined p. — an intraoral acrylic or metal appliance used in orthodontics to guide a tooth into a new position by using pressure applied when the mouth is closed normally. Commonest use is to move canines laterally.
• median p. — one passing longitudinally through the body from front to back and dividing it into right and left halves.
• nasal p. — the space between the nostrils.
• nasolabial p. — the extension of the nasal plane between the nostrils into the upper lip in cattle.
• nuchal p. — the flat surface at the back of the occipital bone below the nuchal crest.
• rostral p. — the bare area on the dorsum of the snout of the pig.
• sagittal p. — a vertical plane through the body parallel to the median plane (or to the sagittal suture) and dividing the body into left and right portions.
• transverse p. — one passing through the body, at right angles to the sagittal and dorsal planes, and dividing the body into cranial and caudal portions.
• vertical p. — one perpendicular to a horizontal plane, dividing the body into left and right, or front and back portions.

An ideal flat surface that intersects solid bodies, extends uniformly in various directions (horizontally, vertically, laterally, or any relative combination thereof), and is determined by the position in space of three points.

Body in anatomical position with the median, sagittal, horizontal, and frontal planes noted. (Fehrenbach/Herring, 2002)

• Trees
• Geometric Shapes and Mathematically Defined Forms - plane: flat, unbounded, two-dimensional surface
• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - plane: (vb) cut away large, flat surface area
• Hardwoods
• Common Tools and Tool Types - plane: tool with horizontally mounted, adjustable blade in handle, used for smoothing or paring wood surfaces and for forming moldings, chamfers, and grooves
• Shaving, Shaping, Sharpening, and Smoothing Tools - plane: tool with horizontally mounted, adjustable blade in handle, used for smoothing or paring wood surfaces and for forming moldings, chamfers, and grooves
• Mood and Intent - plane: glide across a surface; fly along effortlessly
• Dimensions and Directions - plane: flat or level surface; two-dimensional body
• Shapes - plane: flat, two-dimensional surface; (adj) two-dimensional

Look up plane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Plane or planes may refer to:

Contents 1 Physical objects 2 Concepts 3 Mythology and Religion 4 See also

Physical objects

• Aeroplane or airplane, a fixed-wing aircraft
  • Airliner, a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo
• Plane (tool), a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces
• Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"
• Acer pseudoplatanus, a tree species sometimes called "plane"
• Planes (genus), a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae called "weed crabs"
• Plane (river), a river in eastern Germany
• Plane (wherry), a Norfolk wherry in service 1931–49

Concepts

• Plane (geometry), abstract surface which has infinite width and length, zero thickness, and zero curvature.
• Lattice plane, a plane in a crystal structure
• Clipping plane, in computer graphics
• Plane (esotericism), an emergent state, level or region of reality
• Physical plane, the physical universe in emanationist metaphysics
• Plane of immanence, a philosophical hi
• Planing (sailing), a method of travelling quickly across water by using speed to lift the hull out of the water
• Plane sailing, an approximation used in navigation
• Plane (Unicode), in Unicode, a big range of 65,536 (=2¹⁶) code points

Mythology and Religion

• Planē (mythology)

See also

• Planes (film), an upcoming film
• Plain (disambiguation)
• Plano (disambiguation)
• Planar (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - plan, niveau
adj. - plan, flad
v. intr. - flyve i glideflugt

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    være på et højere niveau

2.
n. - fly
v. intr. - rejse med fly

3.
n. - høvl
v. tr. - høvle
v. intr. - afhøvle

idioms:

• plane down    nedhøvle

4.
n. - platan

Nederlands (Dutch)
vlak, draagvlak, vliegtuig, niveau, blad, schaaf, plataan, plat, betreffende (geometrische) vlakken, schaven, planeren, (over het water heen) scheren

Français (French)
1.
n. - plan, surface, surface plane, face (d'une pyramide)
adj. - plan, uni, d'avion
v. intr. - planer, glisser

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    avoir un niveau supérieur (d'intelligence, etc)

2.
n. - (Aviat) avion
v. intr. - voyager en avion

3.
n. - (Tech) rabot
v. tr. - raboter, dégauchir (le bois), aplanir (le bois, le métal)
v. intr. - se raboter, s'aplanir (le bois)

idioms:

• plane down    descendre en vol plané, raboter (une surface)

4.
n. - (Bot) platane

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Ebene
adj. - flach, eben
v. - glätten, ebnen

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    auf einer höheren Ebene sein

2.
n. - Flugzeug
v. - fliegen

3.
n. - Hobel
v. - hobeln

idioms:

• plane down    abhobeln

4.
n. - Platane

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αεροπλάνο, πλάνη, ροκάνι, (γεωμ., μτφ.) επίπεδο, (φυτολ.) πλάτανος
v. - πλανίζω, ροκανίζω
adj. - επίπεδος, ομαλός, λείος, οριζόντιος

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    είμαι άλλου (υψηλότερου) επιπέδου
• plane down    πλανίζω, ροκανίζω, πλανάρω, κάνω βολπλανέ

Italiano (Italian)
planare, spianare, piallare, platano, piano, aereo, piano alare

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    essere ad un livello piú alto
• plane down    piallare, appiattire, levigare, planare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - plano (m), avião (m), planalto (m), planície (m), nível (m), plaina (f)
v. - aplanar, viajar de avião
adj. - plano, liso

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    estar num nível mais alto
• plane down    desgastar com plaina

Русский (Russian)
выравнивать, строгать, платан, плоскость, самолет, несущая поверхность крыла, уровень, плоский

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    быть на более высоком уровне
• plane down    плавно спускаться, выравнивать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - plano, plano de sustentación, llano
adj. - llano, plano, completamente plano o chato
v. intr. - planear, planeo

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    estar en un plano superior

2.
n. - avión, aeronave
v. intr. - viajar en avión

3.
n. - cepillo de carpintero
v. tr. - cepillar
v. intr. - cepillar

idioms:

• plane down    desbastar, reducir con el cepillo el espesor de

4.
n. - plátano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plan yta, nivå, (flyg)plan, bärplan
v. - glida, flyga (Am.)
adj. - plan, jämn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 平面, 水平, 程度, 阶段, 平的, 平坦的, 平面的

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    在更高的层次上
• plane down    刨平

2. 刨子, 用刨子刨, 用刨子刨成, 用刨子刨掉, 刨

3. 翱翔, 乘飞机旅行, 在水面滑行, 在水面掠过

4. 悬铃木

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 平面, 水平, 程度, 階段
adj. - 平的, 平坦的, 平面的

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    在更高的層次上
• plane down    刨平

2.
n. - 懸鈴木

3.
n. - 鉋子
v. tr. - 用鉋子刨, 用鉋子刨成, 用鉋子刨掉
v. intr. - 刨

4.
v. intr. - 翱翔, 乘飛機旅行, 在水面滑行, 在水面掠過

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 평면, 수준
adj. - 철저히
v. intr. - 미끄러지다

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    ~보다 높은 수준으로

2.
n. - 비행기
v. intr. - (비행기가) 활공하다

3.
n. - 대패, 평삭기
v. tr. - 대패로 밀다
v. intr. - 편편하게 깎이다

idioms:

• plane down    ~을 대패로 깎아내다

4.
n. - (나무)플라타너스

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飛行機, 平面, 水準, かんな
v. - 滑空する, …にかんなをかける, かんなをかける, かんなで削り取る
adj. - 平らな

idioms:

• be on a higher plane    いっそう高い水準にある
• inclined plane    傾斜面, 斜面, ケーブル鉄道の路面
• plane down    削る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سطح, طائرة, آله نجاريه (فعل) يطير, يرتفع, ينزلق, يسحج, ينجر (صفه) مستوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מישור, משטח, רמה, לוח שולחן, דרגה, דאה‬
adj. - ‮מישורי, שטוח‬
v. intr. - ‮דאה, גלש, ריחף על פני המים‬
n. - ‮מטוס‬
v. intr. - ‮טס‬
n. - ‮מקצועה‬
v. tr. - ‮הקציע, החליק‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד עם מקצועה‬
n. - ‮דולב (עץ)‬

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