plane : Idioms & Phrases

• noun very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
  buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis; American sycamore.
  

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• (Geom.), the direction of the plane.

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• to straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique.

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Band"ing plane`

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1. A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.

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• (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.

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• noun a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork
  

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• any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.

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• noun a small plane used on end grains of wood
  

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• noun a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front
  bullnose.
  

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Cap"ping plane`

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1. (Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

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• noun a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
  carpenter's plane; plane.
  
  • the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work

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• noun a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
  

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• noun a plane that makes a beveled edge
  

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• noun a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
  circular plane.
  

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• noun a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes
  

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• noun a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
  circular plane.
  

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• (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork.

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• (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions.

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Con*vex"o-plane` adjective

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1. Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.

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• noun a plane for making a dado groove
  

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• (Geom.), the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.

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• noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
  double-prop; twin-prop; double-propeller plane.
  

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• noun a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints
  

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• . (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.

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• noun the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
  

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• noun a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane
  

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• a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight.

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• (Persp.), the same as Ground plane .

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• the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing.

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• a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters.

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• (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.

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• noun a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal
  

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• . (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.

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• noun a carpenter's plane for rough finishing
  

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• a joiner's plane used for coarse work.

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• noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
  jet; jet plane.
  

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• noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
  jet; jet plane.
  

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• noun a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
  jointing plane; jointer; jointer plane.
  

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• noun a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
  jointing plane; jointer; jointer plane.
  

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• . See Jointer, 2.

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• noun very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree
  Platanus acerifolia.
  

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• noun a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
  jointing plane; jointer; jointer plane.
  

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• noun a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
  match plane.
  

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• (Carp.), either of the two planes used to shape the edges of boards which are joined by grooving and tonguing.

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• (Anat.), the mesial plane.

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• . (Anat.) See Meson.

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• noun an aircraft designed and used for combat
  warplane.
  

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• a small plane for planing rounded objects.

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• noun a plane with two or more engines
  multiengine airplane.
  

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• (Surv.), the horizontal plane upon which the object which is to be delineated, or whose place is to be determined, is supposed to stand.
• (Perspective), any plane in the horizontal plane that is represented.

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• noun a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets
  openside plane.
  

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• noun (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting
  

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• noun large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
  Platanus orientalis.
  

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• (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.

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• . See Perspective.
• the plane or surface on which the objects are delineated, or the picture drawn; the plane of projection; distinguished from the ground plane, which is that on which the objects are represented as standing. When this plane is oblique to the principal face of the object, the perspective is called oblique perspective; when parallel to that face, parallel perspective.

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• noun the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
  

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• (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron.

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• noun an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane)
  

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• the angle included between two straight lines in a plane.

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• (Geom.), a plane in which points infinitely distant are conceived as situated.

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• . See under Chart and Curve.

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• noun a two-dimensional shape
  two-dimensional figure.
  

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• a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure.

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• noun the geometry of 2-dimensional figures
  

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• that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures.

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• the cutting chisel of a joiner's plane.

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• . (Opt.) See Polarization.

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• . (a) The plane on which the projection is made, corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective; called also principal plane. (b) (Descriptive Geom.) One of the planes to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position in space.

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• (Opt.), the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray.

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• a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only.
• (Geom.), a problem that can be solved by the use of the rule and compass.

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• (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane.

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• (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc.

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• noun a seat on a commercial airliner
  

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• noun (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
  section.
  

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• surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent.

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• noun surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details
  

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• an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field.

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• noun a ticket good for a trip on an airplane
  airplane ticket.
  

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• noun any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
  sycamore; platan.
  

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Plane" tree`

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1. (Bot.) Same as 1st Plane.

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• the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles.

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Plane`-par"al*lel adjective

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1. (Optics) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.

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• adjective (of a moving wave) vibrating in a single plane
  
  • plane-polarized light

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• noun coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
  family Platanaceae; Platanaceae.
  

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• noun a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
  floatplane.
  

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• (Spherical Projection), the plane upon which the projections are made, generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian.

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• . See Plane of projection (a), under Plane.

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• (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point.

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• the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line.

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• noun an airplane that is driven by a propeller
  

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• noun a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets
  openside plane.
  

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• noun a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy
  

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• noun a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms
  

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Scab"bard plane`

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1. See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

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• a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.

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• noun a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock
  

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• a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock.

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• noun a propeller plane with a single propeller
  single prop.
  

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• noun an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield
  

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• (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.

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• noun a small plane for finish work
  smooth plane.
  

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• noun a small plane for finish work
  smooth plane.
  

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• a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.

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• noun the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
  

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• (Geom.), a plane which touches a surface in a point or line.

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• noun an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire
  

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• (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.

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• noun a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
  match plane.
  

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• a plane of which the iron is formed into a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.

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• noun an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
  turboprop; propjet.
  

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• noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
  double-prop; twin-prop; double-propeller plane.
  

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• . See the Note under Twin, n.

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• . (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of a cone, and through its axis. (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a vertical line. (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight, and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the picture.

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• any plane passing through the point of sight.

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• noun a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
  carpenter's plane; plane.
  
  • the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work

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