plane

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It returns this whether it hit the plane or a sphere.

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Quick take

an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plane gathered in one view.

noun

an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

noun

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

noun

a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plane.

noun

an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

noun

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

noun

a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"

noun

a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

noun

a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"

verb

cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

verb

travel on the surface of water

verb

make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

adjective

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

Example sentences

It returns this whether it hit the plane or a sphere.

Can you put me on the next plane to anywhere that takes off, and route me somehow?

Why would you want to maximize the time spent sitting, especially on a cramped plane?

Simple changes could mean faster answers for plane crashes"You're talking about the black box for a airline jet.

"A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece of wood?

This thing is supposed to survive plane crashes; not just being dropped a meter off the floor, but smashing into the ground going 100's of meters per second.

Could someone with only flight simulator experience take off, fly the pattern and land a single engine plane on their first try.

The most relaxed way to board is at the very end -- there's no more line, I just walk right into the plane, most people are seated, and just grab my seat.

I know this is a ridiculous request, I don't care about hotel or accommodation or plans or anything, can you just put me on the next plane heading eastwards?

In some customer crisis, we hired a new guy with some special expertise on a platform and put him on a plane somewhere with a VP / Director of Development.

I can't find it now, but my favourite 'doctor on a plane' story was from an anesthesiologist who struggles to sleep on a plane, so on a long haul flight took something to help him doze off.

Proper noun examples

Plane cockpits are all but impenetrable[1] - the only reason that some of the 9/11 hijackers were successful was that the standard protocol for dealing with hijackers assumed that hijackers wanted to take the plane hostage for ransom, not use the plane as a weapon.