an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
(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
[ Syn: sheet ]
a level of existence or development; he lived on a worldly plane'
a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
[ Syn: planer , planing machine ]
a carpenters hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work
[ Syn: carpenters plane , carpenters plane , woodworking plane , woodworking plane ]
plane (n.)
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