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Definitioner
Adjektiv
- Of a surface: flat or level.
Substantiv
- A level or flat surface.
- (countable) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
- A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
Verb
- (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
- To glide or soar.
Exempel
- The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.
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