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Synonyms
plane1 (plān)

[Latin plānum, flat surface from neuter of plānus, flat, N., sense 4, short for aeroplane.]

noun 

  1. Mathematics A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.
  2. A flat or level surface.
  3. A level of development, existence, or achievement: scholarship on a high plane.
  4. An airplane or hydroplane.
  5. A supporting surface of an airplane; an airfoil or wing.

adjective 

  1. Mathematics Of or being a figure lying in a plane: a plane curve.
  2. Flat; level. See synonyms at level

derivatives

planéness
noun
plane2 (plān)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin plāna, from plānāre, to plane, from plānus, flat.]

noun 

  1. A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.
  2. A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.

verb: planed, plan·ing, planes. 

transitive verb 

  1. To smooth or finish with or as if with a plane.
  2. To remove with a plane: plane off the rough edges on a board.

intransitive verb 

  1. To work with a plane.
  2. To act as a plane.
plane3 (plān)

[Middle English planen, to glide, soar, from Old French planer, from plain, flat, level; see plain.]

intransitive verb: planed, plan·ing, planes. 

  1. To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.
  2. To soar or glide.
  3. To travel by airplane.
plane4 (plān)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, perhaps from platus, broad.]

noun 

The plane tree.