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  • 101surface gauge — noun gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces • Syn: ↑surface gage, ↑scribing block • Hypernyms: ↑gauge, ↑gage * * * noun 1. : a scriber mounted in an adjustable stand f …

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  • 102Plane at infinity — In projective geometry, the plane at infinity is a projective plane which is added to the affine 3 space in order to give it closure of incidence properties. The result of the addition is the projective 3 space, P^3 . If the affine 3 space is… …

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  • 103Plane — wiktionarypar|planePlane or Planes may refer to: Physical objects* Airplane (Aeroplane), a powered fixed wing aircraft * Plane (tool), a tool or machine for shaving wood * Platanus , a genus of trees with the common name plane * Acer… …

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  • 104plane — noun 1 ⇨ See also ↑aeroplane, ↑airplane ADJECTIVE ▪ light, small ▪ commercial, passenger ▪ the first generation of passenger planes, like the Boeing 707 …

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  • 105plane of incidence — a plane containing an incident line (as a ray of light) and the normal to a surface (as of a mirror) at the point of incidence * * * Optics. a plane determined by a given ray, incident on a surface, and the normal at the point where the incident… …

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  • 106plane — 1. adjective /pleɪn,pl̩eɪn/ Of a surface: flat or level. 2. noun /pleɪn,pl̩eɪn/ a) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). b) A level of existence. (eg …

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  • 107plane — I n 1. level surface, level, flat surface, flat; horizon, skyline, Astron., Navig. azimuth; sea level, water level; table, homaloid; plain, flatland, champaign, plateau, steppe, prairie; bowling alley, bowling green, pool or billiard table,… …

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  • 108Surface integral — In mathematics, a surface integral is a definite integral taken over a surface (which may be a curved set in space); it can be thought of as the double integral analog of the line integral. Given a surface, one may integrate over it scalar fields …

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  • 109Plane geometry — In mathematics, plane geometry may mean:*geometry of a plane, *geometry of the Euclidean plane,or sometimes a plane is any flat surface that extends without end in all directions.*geometry of a projective plane, most commonly the real projective… …

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  • 110Surface minimale — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Surface (homonymie). En mathématiques et en physique, une surface minimale est une surface minimisant son aire. Ce minimum est réalisé sous une contrainte : un ensemble de points, le bord de la surface, est… …

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