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Word: Plane
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: from Latin planum ‘flat surface’, neuter of the adjective planus ‘plain’. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e) ‘flat’. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain, from the latter's other meanings
pleɪn
a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie
Short Definition:flat surface
Examples:- the horizontal plane
a level of existence, thought, or development
Short Definition:level of existence, thought, etc.
Examples:- everything is connected on the spiritual plane
Word: Plane
Speech Type: Adjective
pleɪn
completely level or flat
Short Definition:completely level or flat
Examples:- a plane surface
Word: Plane
Speech Type: Verb
pleɪn
(of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide
Short Definition:(of bird etc.) soar without moving wings
Examples:- seagulls swooped and planed overhead
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