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  • 31Plane — wiktionarypar|planePlane or Planes may refer to: Physical objects* Airplane (Aeroplane), a powered fixed wing aircraft * Plane (tool), a tool or machine for shaving wood * Platanus , a genus of trees with the common name plane * Acer… …

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  • 32plane — plane1 [ pleın ] noun count *** ▸ 1 aircraft with wings ▸ 2 level ▸ 3 for smoothing surface ▸ 4 flat surface ▸ 5 plane tree 1. ) an aircraft with wings and at least one engine: AIRPLANE: Her father was killed in a plane crash. by plane: We… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33plane — {{11}}plane (n.1) flat surface, c.1600, from L. plantum flat surface, properly neuter of adjective planus flat, level, plain, clear, from PIE *pla no (Cf. Lith. plonas thin; Celtic *lanon plain; perhaps also Gk. pelanos sacrificial cake, a… …

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  • 34Pläne — Der Verlag pläne GmbH (auch pläne records) ist ein kleines, unabhängiges Plattenlabel, dass sich besonders auf das links orientierte politische Lied, deutsche Liedermacher und Weltmusik spezialisiert hat. pläne hatte seine Blüte in den… …

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  • 35plane — I UK [pleɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms plane : singular plane plural planes *** 1) an aircraft with wings and at least one engine Her father was killed in a plane crash. by plane: We travelled by plane from Mexico City. on/onto/off a plane …

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  • 36plane — plane1 planeness, n. /playn/, n., adj., v., planed, planing. n. 1. a flat or level surface. 2. Geom. a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point. 3. Fine Arts. an area of a two dimensional… …

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  • 37pläne — Der Verlag pläne GmbH (auch pläne records) ist ein kleines Plattenlabel , das sich besonders auf das links orientierte politische Lied, deutsche Liedermacher und Weltmusik spezialisiert hat. pläne hatte seine Blüte in den politischen 1970er und… …

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  • 38plane — 1. n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie. b an imaginary flat surface through or joining etc. material objects. 2 a level surface. 3 colloq. = AEROPLANE. 4 a flat surface… …

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  • 39plane — I [[t]pleɪn[/t]] n. adj. v. planed, plan•ing 1) a flat or level surface 2) math. Geom. a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point 3) fia an area of a two dimensional surface having… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40plane — English has five distinct planes, four of which are essentially the same word as plain. These come ultimately from Latin plānus, but preserve its ‘flat’ meanings rather than (like plain) its ‘clear’ meanings. Plane ‘flat surface’ [17] comes from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins