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projective planes

projective planes is the plural of projective plane.

Meaning of projective plane

Noun

projective plane (plural projective planes)

  1. A plane in which any pair of distinct points determine a line and any pair of distinct lines intersect at a point.
    • Generally, a projective plane of "order" N has N²#43;N#43;1 points, and the same number of lines.2004, David S. Dummit with Richard M. Foote, chapter 6, in Abstract Algebra, →ISBN, page 210

Questions about projective planes

What is projective planes the plural of?
Projective planes is the plural of projective plane.

Words near projective planes in the dictionary

  1. projective line
  2. projective lines
  3. projective module
  4. projective modules
  5. projective plane
  6. projective planes
  7. projective space
  8. projective spaces
  9. projective varieties
  10. projective variety
  11. projectively

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