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plane Definition

(n) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
(n) (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"
(n) a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"
(n) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
(n) a carpenter''s hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
(s) having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
(v) cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
(v) travel on the surface of water
(v) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter''s plane; "plane the top of the door"

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