One constructed on the supposition of the earth's being an extended plane, and therefore but little in request.
·noun A written deed; a charter. II. Chart ·vt To lay down in a chart; to <<Map>>; to <<Delineate>>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or sea-chart A hydrographical map, or a projection of some part of the earth's superficies in pl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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...
In a general sense, a perfectly level surface; but it is a term used by shipwrights, implying the ar...
·- ·see under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under <<Projection>>. ...
·- A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, ·etc., are delineated. ...
See chart ...
The name given to the protracted curves of the variation of the compass, known as the variation char...
Introduced by Gerard Mercator, circa 1556: it is a projection of the surface of the earth in the pla...
The well-known chart produced by Halley, whereon a number of curved lines show the variation of the ...
·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
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. ...