Definition of plane

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Plane (a.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank..

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Discoid :: Discoid (a.) Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus..
Stereographically :: Stereographical (a.) Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth..
Planetary :: Planetary (a.) Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering.
Brachypinacoid :: Brachypinacoid (n.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
Elongate :: Elongate (v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit..
Jovial :: "Jovial (a.) Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Replacement :: Replacement (n.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.
Plane :: Plane (a.) Figuratively, to make plain or smooth..
Dispositor :: Dispositor (n.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.
Dextro- :: Dextro- () having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid..
Inclinnometer :: Inclinnometer (n.) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle..
Hyperbola :: Hyperbola (n.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. o
Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.
Horizon :: Horizon (n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon..
Siderated :: Siderated (a.) Planet-struck; blasted.
Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.
Bit :: Bit (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.
Berylloid :: Berylloid (n.) A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
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