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co-planarity

co-planarity is the alternative spelling of coplanarity.

Meaning of coplanarity

Noun

coplanarity (countable and uncountable, plural coplanarities)

  1. (usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
  2. The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
    • Gliese 876 affords us by far our most detailed and accurate map of any extrasolar planetary system in the solar neighborhood, and […] it is reassuring to see a kinship in the most fundamental property of system coplanarity.2009 January 9, Robert Naeye, “Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar”, in skyandtelescope.com, retrieved 09 Jan 2009

Questions about co-planarity

What is co-planarity the alternative spelling of?
Co-planarity is the alternative spelling of coplanarity.

Words near co-planarity in the dictionary

  1. co-phenotrope
  2. co-pilot
  3. co-piloted
  4. co-piloting
  5. co-pilots
  6. co-planarity
  7. co-precipitation
  8. co-precipitations
  9. co-predication
  10. co-presence
  11. co-present

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