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Overview of Planes and Aircraft

This document defines the term "plane" and provides various meanings and uses of the word. Plane can refer to aircraft like airplanes and fixed-wing aircraft. In science and technology, a plane is a flat, two-dimensional surface that has infinite width and length. Planes are also used to describe levels or regions in fields like geometry, crystal structures, computer graphics, networking, anatomy and more. The term is additionally used for tools, rivers, boats, trees, crabs, Unicode characters and in entertainment contexts.

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Overview of Planes and Aircraft

This document defines the term "plane" and provides various meanings and uses of the word. Plane can refer to aircraft like airplanes and fixed-wing aircraft. In science and technology, a plane is a flat, two-dimensional surface that has infinite width and length. Planes are also used to describe levels or regions in fields like geometry, crystal structures, computer graphics, networking, anatomy and more. The term is additionally used for tools, rivers, boats, trees, crabs, Unicode characters and in entertainment contexts.

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Plane

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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dictionary.

Plane or planes may refer to:


Contents
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1Plane or aircraft
2Science and technology
3Other meanings
4Entertainment
5See also
6References

Plane or aircraft[edit]

Airplane or aeroplane
Airliner, an airplane for transporting passengers and cargo
Fixed-wing aircraft

Science and technology[edit]

Plane (geometry), abstract surface which has infinite width and length, zero thickness, and zero
curvature

Lattice plane, a plane in a crystal structure


Clipping plane, in computer graphics

Planing (boat), a method of travelling quickly across water by using speed to lift the hull out
of the water
Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"

Acer pseudoplatanus, an unrelated tree species sometimes confused with the planes,
owing to a resemblance in their leaf shape.[1]

Planes (genus), a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae called "weed crabs"
Plane (Unicode), in Unicode, a big range of 65,536 (=216) code points
Plane (Networking), a conceptual part of a telecommunications network
Anatomical plane - hypothetical plane used to transect the body

Other meanings[edit]

Plane (tool), a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces


Plane (river), a river in eastern Germany.
Plane (wherry), a Norfolk wherry in service 19311949
Plan (mythology)
Plane (esotericism), an emergent state, level or region of reality
Plans, a commune in the south of France
Planes, Alicante, a municipality in the province of Alicante, Spain
Physical plane, the physical universe in emanationist metaphysics

Entertainment[edit]

"Planes" (song), by Jeremih


"Planes", a 1989 song by Jefferson Airplane
"Planes", a 1967 comedy sketch by Bill Cosby
"Planes", a 1976 song by Colin Blunstone
Planes (film), a 2013 3D animated film.
Plane (Dungeons & Dragons), a distinct location in the multiverse in Dungeons &
Dragons
Plane (Magic: The Gathering), a unique universe in the multiverse of Magic: The
Gathering
Planes: Fire & Rescue, an American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film for
release on 18 July 2014. It is a sequel to Planes (film).

See also[edit]

Plane of immanence, a philosophical concept


Plane sailing, an approximation used in navigation
Plain (disambiguation)
Plano (disambiguation)
Planar (disambiguation)

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