English noun: plane |
1. | plane (artifact) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
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| Samples | The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane.
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| Synonyms | aeroplane, airplane |
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| Broader (hypernym) | heavier-than-air craft |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | airliner, amphibian, amphibious aircraft, attack aircraft, biplane, bomber, delta wing, fighter, fighter aircraft, hangar queen, hydroplane, jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane, monoplane, multiengine airplane, multiengine plane, propeller plane, reconnaissance plane, seaplane, ski-plane, tanker plane |
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| Part holonym | accelerator, accelerator pedal, bonnet, cowl, cowling, escape hatch, fuel pod, fuselage, gas, gas pedal, gun, hood, landing gear, navigation light, pod, radar dome, radome, throttle, windscreen, windshield, wing |
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| Domain category members | astern, atomic number 22, circumnavigation, defroster, deicer, dip circle, drift, highjacker, hijacker, hunt, inclinometer, leeway, log, passenger, place, prang, rider, roll-on roll-off, seat, Ti, titanium |
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2. | plane (shape) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape |
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| Samples | 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.
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| Synonyms | sheet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Cartesian plane, facet plane, midline, midplane, orbital plane, picture plane, tangent plane |
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| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths |
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3. | plane (state) a level of existence or development |
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| Samples | He lived on a worldly plane.
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| Broader (hypernym) | degree, level, point, stage |
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4. | plane (artifact) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood |
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| Synonyms | planer, planing machine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | power tool |
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5. | plane (artifact) a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood |
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| Samples | The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work.
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| Synonyms | carpenter's plane, woodworking plane |
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| Broader (hypernym) | edge tool, hand tool |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | beading plane, block plane, bullnose, bullnosed plane, chamfer plane, circular plane, combination plane, compass plane, dovetail plane, fore plane, jack plane, jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane, match plane, openside plane, rabbet plane, router plane, scrub plane, smooth plane, smoothing plane, spokeshave, tonguing and grooving plane |
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