planar
/ˈpleɪnə/US/ˈpleɪnɚ/
planar adjective: of or pertaining to a plane.
Adjective
planar (comparative more planar, superlative most planar)
- Of or pertaining to a plane.
- A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
- Flat, two-dimensional.
- Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
- A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.
- Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.
planar meaning in Tamil and Urdu
planar in Tamil
- பிளானார்
planar in Urdu
- پلانار
Examples of planar in a sentence
- Analyses all required a planar mathematical discretization of a region containing a prescribed number of cells with prescribed orientations.
- These structures may all be represented on a planar surface by their Schlegel diagrams.
- Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks.
Forms of planar
| comparative | more planar |
|---|---|
| superlative | most planar |
Origin of planar
From Late Latin plānārius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin plānus (“flat”, “level”), equivalent to plane + -ar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
Words formed from planar
- antiplanar
- biplanar
- complanar
- coplanar
- curviplanar
- diplanar
- echoplanar
- equiplanar
- exoplanar
- extraplanar
- halfplanar
- hyperplanar
- interplanar
- intraplanar
- microplanar
- monoplanar
- multiplanar
- nonplanar
- outerplanar
- periplanar
- plabic
- planar defect
- planar graph
- planar induction
- planarisation
- planarity
- planarization
- planarize
- planarly
- quadriplanar
- quasiplanar
- synplanar
- triplanar
- uniplanar
Phrases with planar
Words that rhyme with planar
Questions about planar
- What does planar mean?
- Planar means of or pertaining to a plane.
- What is planar in Tamil?
- Planar in Tamil is பிளானார். See Planar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is planar?
- Planar is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce planar?
- Planar is pronounced /ˈpleɪnɚ/ (US).
Words near planar in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: planar (page history and authors); planar (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); planar (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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