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microplanes

microplanes is the plural of microplane.

Meaning of microplane

Noun

microplane (plural microplanes)

  1. One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc.
    • 6.7.2 Microplane Models: The framework of anisotropic damage models allows for the incorporation of models that are based on the microplane concept. The microplane concept was originally conceived for metals, where well-defined planes exist in the crystal lattice, along which slip occurs...2012, René de Borst, Mike A. Crisfield, Joris J. C. Remmers, Clemens V. Verhoosel, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures (Wiley Series in Computational Mechanics), 2nd edition...
  2. (dated, rare) A very small airplane: a micro-airplane; especially, one that can carry a human.
    • Near-synonym: microlight
    Synonyms:
    microlight

Questions about microplanes

What is microplanes the plural of?
Microplanes is the plural of microplane.

Words near microplanes in the dictionary

  1. microplacoids
  2. microplagiarism
  3. microplagiarisms
  4. microplanar
  5. microplane
  6. microplanes
  7. microplanetoid
  8. microplanetoids
  9. microplankton
  10. microplanktonic
  11. microplanktons

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