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Synonyms for plane

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : pleyn
Phonetic Transcription : pleɪn

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Définition of plane

Origin :
  • "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.
  • adj level, horizontal
  • noun flat surface; level
  • noun aircraft
Example sentences :
  • But a small portion of the Cumberland lies above a plane of 2,000 feet.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • But, there is a limit beyond which the plane surface cannot be reduced with safety.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The officers and men were more nearly on a plane of equality.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The plane in which we travelled bore the emblem of the World Patrol.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Your Honner, it is plane, means mighty well by every body, as far as I see.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He broke through them, went back to where his plane was standing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • His plane, slow though it was, would carry him to the pampas.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • They came suddenly to sharp visibility as the plane drew near.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • He clung to the pilot's seat as their own plane banked and nosed downward.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Level it was, as the surface of a lake or the plane of a railroad bed.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

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