planes
/pleɪnz/
planes is the plural of plane.
planes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plane.
Meaning of plane
Noun
plane (plural planes)
- A level or flat surface.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level of existence or development.
- astral plane
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
Phrases with planes
- bit planes
- bow planes
- jet planes
- spy planes
- zoo planes
- bush planes
- Cape planes
- data planes
- Fano planes
- jack planes
- lead planes
- real planes
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- reed planes
- time planes
- view planes
- axial planes
- Bragg planes
- cargo planes
- chase planes
- datum planes
- fault planes
- focal planes
- ghost planes
- paper planes
- phase planes
- proof planes
- stern planes
- water planes
- astral planes
- diving planes
- gutter planes
- London planes
- median planes
- mesial planes
- rabbet planes
- rebate planes
- reglet planes
- rocket planes
- arsenal planes
- bedding planes
- capping planes
- compass planes
- complex planes
- coronal planes
- fighter planes
- frontal planes
- gliding planes
- jointer planes
- Laplace planes
- Moufang planes
- oblique planes
- orbital planes
- picture planes
- pursuit planes
- radical planes
- sniffer planes
- spotter planes
- tangent planes
- doomsday planes
- ecliptic planes
- fracture planes
- inclined planes
- oriental planes
- sagittal planes
- symmetry planes
- aerospace planes
- Euclidean planes
- fairwater planes
- Frankfurt planes
- coordinate planes
- divisional planes
- equatorial planes
- horizontal planes
- hyperbolic planes
- invariable planes
- projective planes
- scaleboard planes
- transaxial planes
- transverse planes
- planes of ecliptic
- planes of symmetry
- planes of the head
- planes of insertion
- transpyloric planes
- supplementary planes
- real projective planes
Words that rhyme with planes
Questions about planes
- What is planes the plural of?
- Planes is the plural of plane.
- How do you pronounce planes?
- Planes is pronounced /pleɪnz/.
Words near planes in the dictionary
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