Plane
Plane may refer to:
- An Aeroplane or airplane, a type of fixed-wing aircraft.
- A mathematical plane, a theoretical surface which has infinite width and length, zero thickness, and zero curvature.
- Plane, trees of the genus Platanus native in the Northern Hemisphere but also widely planted elsewhere, particularly in urban areas.
- Plane (tool), a woodworking tool for flattening surfaces.
- Planing, the use of this tool.
- Plane (cosmology), a theoretical region beyond the known universe, or the region containing the universe itself, by association with mathematical conceptualizations of dimensions.
- Planing, in sailing, is a method of travelling quickly across water by using speed to lift the hull out of the water.
- Plane River in Germany
See also plain.
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