plane
Noun
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An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets (synset 102694015)
"the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"associated with:
- circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane)
- dip circle, inclinometer - a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
- roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
- log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- place, seat - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
- passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
- drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
- atomic number 22, ti, titanium - a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
- prang - crash
- hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path
- astern - (of a ship or an airplane) behind
is a type of: heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel itsubtypes:- airliner - a commercial airplane that carries passengers
- amphibian, amphibious aircraft - an airplane designed to take off and land on water
- biplane - old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other
- bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- delta wing - an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
- attack aircraft, fighter, fighter aircraft - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
- hangar queen - an airplane with a bad maintenance record
- jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane - an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- monoplane - an airplane with a single wing
- multiengine airplane, multiengine plane - a plane with two or more engines
- propeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propeller
- reconnaissance plane - a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy
- hydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water
- ski-plane - an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield
- tanker plane - an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire
has:- accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle - a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency
- fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- bonnet, cowl, cowling, hood - protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
- landing gear - an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground
- navigation light - light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip
- fuel pod, pod - a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
- radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
- windscreen, windshield - transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
- wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
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(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape (synset 113883265)
"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"referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementsubtypes:
- cartesian plane - a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
- facet plane - the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
- midline, midplane - the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
- orbital plane - (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting
- picture plane - the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
- tangent plane - the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
same as: sheet -
A level of existence or development (synset 113964858)
"he lived on a worldly plane"
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A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood (synset 103961572)
is a type of: power tool - a tool driven by a motorsame as: planer, planing machine
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A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood (synset 103961007)
"the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"is a type of:subtypes:
- beading plane - a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork
- block plane - a small plane used on end grains of wood
- bullnose, bullnosed plane - a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front
- chamfer plane - a plane that makes a beveled edge
- circular plane, compass plane - a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
- combination plane - a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes
- dovetail plane - a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints
- fore plane - a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane
- jack plane - a carpenter's plane for rough finishing
- jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane - a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
- match plane, tonguing and grooving plane - a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
- openside plane, rabbet plane - a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets
- router plane - a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms
- scrub plane - a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock
- smooth plane, smoothing plane - a small plane for finish work
- spokeshave - a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)
same as: carpenter's plane, woodworking plane
Adjective
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Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another (synset 300913184)
"a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"similar to: even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
Verb
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Cut or remove with or as if with a plane (synset 201252054)
"The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsame as: shave
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Travel on the surface of water (synset 201946577)
is a type of: glide - move smoothly and effortlesslysubtypes:same as: skim
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Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane (synset 201310049)
"plane the top of the door"
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