In a general sense, a perfectly level surface; but it is a term used by shipwrights, implying the area or imaginary surface contained within any particular outlines, as the plane of elevation, or sheer-draught, &c.
plānē, adv., v. 1. planus fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
plānē adv.with comp.and sup.1 planus, evenly, simply, plainly, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly :...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·adj To efface or remove. II. Plane ·noun Any tree of the genus Platanus. III. Plane ·adj Figurati...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Adjusting surface. ...
·- A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work...
·- A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. ...
·adj Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex. ...
·- ·see under Plane, ·adj. ...
·- ·same·as 1st Plane. ...
·adj Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass. ...
·- ·see Scaleboard plane, under <<Scaleboard>>. ...
Heb. armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "pl...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
One constructed on the supposition of the earth's being an extended plane, and therefore but little ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
That part of navigation which treats a ship's course as an angle, and the distance, difference of la...
One contained by three right lines. ...
See meridian. ...