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  • 61Plane (tool) — A plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber. Special types of planes are designed to cut joints or decorative mouldings.Hand planes are generally… …

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  • 62Surface normal — Normal vector redirects here. For a normalized vector, or vector of length one, see unit vector. A polygon and two of its normal vectors …

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  • 63plane´ness — plane1 «playn», noun, adjective, verb, planed, plan|ing. –n. 1. = airplane. (Cf. ↑airplane) 2. a level; grade: »Try to keep your work on a high plane …

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  • 64plane — 1. A two dimensional flat surface. See planum. 2. An imaginary surface formed by extension of a point through any axis or two definite points, in reference especially to craniometry and to pelvimetry. SYN: planum. [L. planus, flat] Addison …

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  • 65plane — plane1 [ pleın ] noun count *** ▸ 1 aircraft with wings ▸ 2 level ▸ 3 for smoothing surface ▸ 4 flat surface ▸ 5 plane tree 1. ) an aircraft with wings and at least one engine: AIRPLANE: Her father was killed in a plane crash. by plane: We… …

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  • 66plane — plane1 planeness, n. /playn/, n., adj., v., planed, planing. n. 1. a flat or level surface. 2. Geom. 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… …

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  • 67plane — [[t]ple͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ planes, planing, planed 1) N COUNT A plane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines, which can fly through the air. He had plenty of time to catch his plane... Her mother was killed in a plane crash. ...fighter planes.… …

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  • 68plane — 1. n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie. b an imaginary flat surface through or joining etc. material objects. 2 a level surface. 3 colloq. = AEROPLANE. 4 a flat surface… …

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  • 69plane — plane1 W3S2 [pleın] n ↑cockpit, ↑wing, ↑tail ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(aircraft)¦ 2¦(level)¦ 3¦(tool)¦ 4¦(tree)¦ 5¦(surface)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1; Date: 1900 2000; …

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  • 70plane — I UK [pleɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms plane : singular plane plural planes *** 1) an aircraft with wings and at least one engine Her father was killed in a plane crash. by plane: We travelled by plane from Mexico City. on/onto/off a plane …

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