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[pleyn] /pleɪn/

noun
1.
a flat or level surface.
2.
Geometry. a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point.
3.
Fine Arts. an area of a two-dimensional surface having determinate extension and spatial direction or position:
oblique plane; horizontal plane.
4.
a level of dignity, character, existence, development, or the like:
a high moral plane.
5.
Aeronautics.

6.
Architecture. a longitudinal section through the axis of a column.
adjective
7.
flat or level, as a surface.
8.
of or relating to planes or plane figures.
verb (used without object), planed, planing.
9.
to glide or soar.
10.
(of a boat) to rise partly out of the water when moving at high speed.
11.
Informal. to fly or travel in an airplane:
We’ll drive to Detroit and plane to Los Angeles.
[pleyn] /pleɪn/
noun
1.
Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
2.
a trowellike tool for smoothing the surface of clay in a brick mold.
verb (used with object), planed, planing.
3.
to smooth or dress with or as if with a plane or a .
4.
to remove by or as if by means of a plane (usually followed by away or off).
verb (used without object), planed, planing.
5.
to work with a plane.
6.
to function as a plane.
/pleɪn/
noun
1.
(maths) a flat surface in which a straight line joining any two of its points lies entirely on that surface
2.
a flat or level surface
3.
a level of existence, performance, attainment, etc
4.

adjective
5.
level or flat
6.
(maths) (of a curve, figure, etc) lying entirely in one plane
verb (intransitive)
7.
to fly without moving wings or using engines; glide
8.
(of a boat) to rise partly and skim over the water when moving at a certain speed
9.
to travel by aeroplane
/pleɪn/
noun
1.
a tool with an adjustable sharpened steel blade set obliquely in a wooden or iron body, for levelling or smoothing timber surfaces, cutting mouldings or grooves, etc
2.
a flat tool, usually metal, for smoothing the surface of clay or plaster in a mould
verb (transitive)
3.
to level, smooth, or cut (timber, wooden articles, etc) using a plane or similar tool
4.
(often foll by off) to remove using a plane
/pleɪn/
noun
1.
See plane tree
n.

“flat surface,” c.1600, from Latin planum “flat surface, plane, level, plain,” noun use of neuter of adjective planus “flat, level, even, plain, clear,” from PIE *pla-no- (cf. Lithuanian plonas “thin;” Celtic *lanon “plain;” perhaps also Greek pelanos “sacrificial cake, a mixture offered to the gods, offering (of meal, honey, and oil) poured or spread”), suffixed form of root *pele- (2) “to spread out, broad, flat” (cf. Old Church Slavonic polje “flat land, field,” Russian polyi “open;” Old English and Old High German feld, Middle Dutch veld “field”). Introduced (perhaps by influence of French plan in this sense) to differentiate the geometrical senses from plain, which in mid-16c. English also meant “geonetric plane.” Figurative sense is attested from 1850. As an adjective from 1660s.

1908, short for aeroplane (see airplane).

“tool for smoothing surfaces,” mid-14c., from Old French plane, earlier plaine (14c.), from Late Latin plana, back-formation from planare “make level,” from Latin planus “level, flat” (see plane (n.1)).

“tree of the genus Platanus,” late 14c., from Old French plane, earlier plasne (14c.), from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, earlier platanistos “plane tree,” a species from Asia Minor, associated with platys “broad” (see plaice (n.)), in reference to its leaves. Applied since 1778 in Scotland and northern England to the sycamore, whose leaves somewhat resemble those of the true plane tree.
v.

“to make smooth,” early 14c., “to gloss over, explain away;” mid-14c. as “to make smooth or even,” from Old French planer “to smooth, level off; wipe away, erase” (12c.), from Late Latin planare “make level,” from Latin planus “level, flat” (see plane (n.1)). In early use in English often plain. Related: Planed; planing.

“soar, glide on motionless wings,” early 15c., from Old French planer “to hover (as a bird), to lie flat,” from plan (n.) “plane,” from Latin planum “flat surface” (see plane (n.1)), on notion of bird gliding with flattened wings. Of boats, etc., “to skim over the surface of water,” it is first found 1913. Related: Planed; planing.

plane 1 (plān)
n.

plane
(plān)
Noun A two-dimensional surface, any two of whose points can be joined by a straight line that lies entirely in the surface.

Adjective Lying in a plane: a plane curve.

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

noun

A big car; boat: My dad bought a plane from a used car dealer (1980s+ Teenagers)