true plane surface
1true plane — noun : a plane surface of metal made by repeated scraping with a scraper and testing with a surface plate …
2plane — {{11}}plane (n.1) flat surface, c.1600, from L. plantum flat surface, properly neuter of adjective planus flat, level, plain, clear, from PIE *pla no (Cf. Lith. plonas thin; Celtic *lanon plain; perhaps also Gk. pelanos sacrificial cake, a… …
3Surface plasmon — Surface plasmons, also referred to in the literature as surface plasma polaritons, are fluctuations in the electron density at the boundary of two materials. Plasmons are the collective vibrations of an electron gas (or plasma) surrounding the… …
4True vertical depth — [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=true%20vertical%20depth] is the measurement of a straight line perpendicularly downwards from a horizontal plane.In the petroleum industry, true vertical depth, abbreviated as TVD, is the… …
5plane — 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 …
6Plane (Dungeons & Dragons) — Ethereal plane redirects here. For the mystical concept, see Etheric plane. The planes of the Dungeons Dragons roleplaying game constitutes the multiverse in which the game takes place. In the earliest versions of Dungeons Dragons, the concept of …
7Surface 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 …
8plane — 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,… …
9true level — an imaginary surface everywhere perpendicular to the plumb line, or line of gravity. * * * true level, an imaginary line or plane perpendicular at all points to the plumb line …
10Roman surface — The Roman surface (so called because Jakob Steiner was in Rome when he thought of it) is a self intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry. The mapping is not an… …
