Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: aeroplane, airplane, carpenter's_plane, plane, planer, woodworking_plane

'plane'

[airplane.n.01] as in: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

Examples:
the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane

'plane'

[plane.n.02] as in: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

Examples:
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

'plane'

[plane.n.03] as in: a level of existence or development

Examples:
he lived on a worldly plane

'plane'

[plane.n.04] as in: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

'plane'

[plane.n.05] as in: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood

Examples:
the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work

'plane'

[plane.v.01] as in: cut or remove with or as if with a plane

Examples:
The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood

'plane'

[plane.v.02] as in: travel on the surface of water

'plane'

[plane.v.03] as in: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane

Examples:
plane the top of the door

'plane'

[flat.s.01] as in: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

Examples:
a flat desk
acres of level farmland
a plane surface
skirts sewn with fine flat seams

Origins

					plane (English)
├── plane (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── platanus (Latin)
│       └── πλάτανος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│           └── πλατύς (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── planum (Latin)
    └── planus (Latin)
        └── πλάνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))