plane

Noun
  1. 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 it
    subtypes:
    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
    same as: aeroplane, airplane
  2. (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 arrangement
    is a type of: form, shape - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
    subtypes:
    • 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
  3. A level of existence or development (synset 113964858)
    "he lived on a worldly plane"
    is a type of: degree, level, point, stage - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
  4. A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood (synset 103961572)
    is a type of: power tool - a tool driven by a motor
    same as: planer, planing machine
  5. 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:
    • edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
    • hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
    subtypes:
    same as: carpenter's plane, woodworking plane
Adjective
  1. 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)
    same as: flat, level
Verb
  1. 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 instrument
    same as: shave
  2. Travel on the surface of water (synset 201946577)
    is a type of: glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
    subtypes:
    • aquaplane - ride on an aquaplane
    • aquaplane - rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road
    same as: skim
  3. Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane (synset 201310049)
    "plane the top of the door"
    is a type of: smooth, smoothen - make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing

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