surface plane
51plane surface — index area (surface) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
52Plane — Plane, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planing}.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See {Plane}, a., {Plain}, a., and cf. {Planish}.] 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board… …
53Surface d'egale pente — Surface d égale pente Dans la famille des surfaces paramétrées et orientées de R3, une surface d égale pente α s appuyant sur une courbe plane c tracée sur le plan horizontal {z = 0} est l enveloppe des plans tangents à la courbe c dont la… …
54surface mail — ➔ mail1 * * * surface mail UK US noun [U] ► COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORT the service in which letters, packages, etc., are sent by road, ship, or train, rather than by plane, or mail that is sent in this way: send sth (by) surface mail »I sent the… …
55plane — [adj] level, horizontal even, flat, flush, plain, planate, regular, smooth, uniform; concepts 490,581 Ant. upright, vertical plane [n1] flat surface; level condition, degree, extension, face, facet, footing, grade, horizontal, obverse, position,… …
56surface transport — ➔ transport1 * * * surface transport UK US noun [U] ► TRANSPORT the movement of people or goods by road, train, or ship, rather than by plane: »The development of new links between the airport and surface transport has been slower than expected …
57surface — [adj] external apparent, covering, depthless, exterior, facial, outer, outside, outward, shallow, shoal, superficial, top; concepts 485,583 Ant. central, core, inside, interior, middle surface [n] external part of something area, cover, covering …
58Surface d'aplanissement — ● Surface d aplanissement forme plane résultant de cette action, indépendante de la structure et s étendant sur des superficies de quelques milliers à plusieurs dizaines de milliers de kilomètres carrés …
59plane of weakness — Surface or narrow zone with a shear (or tensile) strength lower than that of the surrounding material …
60Surface — This article discusses surfaces from the point of view of topology. For other uses, see Differential geometry of surfaces, algebraic surface, and Surface (disambiguation). An open surface with X , Y , and Z contours shown. In mathematics,… …
