| Plan |
a. |
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram. |
| Plan |
a. |
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition. |
| Plan |
a. |
A method; a way of procedure; a custom. |
| Plan |
v. t. |
To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram. |
| Plan |
v. t. |
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. |
| Planaria |
n. |
Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial. |
| Planariae |
pl. |
of Planaria |
| Planarian |
n. |
One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm. |
| Planarida |
n. pl. |
A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela. |
| Planarioid |
a. |
Like the planarians. |
| Planary |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a plane. |
| Planch |
n. |
A plank. |
| Planch |
v. t. |
To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. |
| Planched |
imp. & p. p. |
of Planch |
| Plancher |
n. |
A floor of wood; also, a plank. |
| Plancher |
n. |
The under side of a cornice; a soffit. |
| Plancher |
v. t. |
To form of planks. |
| Planchet |
n. |
A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin. |
| Planchette |
n. |
A circumferentor. See Circumferentor. |
| Planchette |
n. |
A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import. |
| Planching |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Planch |
| Planching |
n. |
The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks. |
| Plane |
v. i. |
Of a boat, to lift more or less out of the water while in motion, after the manner of a hydroplane; to hydroplane. |
| Plane |
n. |
Any tree of the genus Platanus. |
| Plane |
a. |
Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. |
| Plane |
a. |
A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature. |
| Plane |
a. |
An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator. |
| Plane |
a. |
A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. |
| Plane |
a. |
A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc. |
| Plane |
a. |
To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank. |
| Plane |
a. |
To efface or remove. |
| Plane |
a. |
Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. |
| Plane table |
|
See under Plane, a. |
| Plane tree |
|
Same as 1st Plane. |
| Plane-parallel |
a. |
Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass. |
| Planed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Plane |
| Planer |
n. |
One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals. |
| Planer |
n. |
A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. |
| Planer tree |
|
A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit. |
| Planet |
n. |
A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system. |
| Planet |
n. |
A star, as influencing the fate of a men. |
| Planet-stricken |
a. |
Alt. of Planet-struck |
| Planet-struck |
a. |
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. |
| Planetarium |
n. |
An orrery. See Orrery. |
| Planetary |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year. |
| Planetary |
a. |
Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system. |
| Planetary |
a. |
Under the dominion or influence of a planet. |
| Planetary |
a. |
Caused by planets. |
| Planetary |
a. |
Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. |
| Planeted |
a. |
Belonging to planets. |
| Planetic |
a. |
Alt. of Planetical |
| Planetical |
a. |
Of or pertaining to planets. |
| Planetoid |
n. |
A body resembling a planet; an asteroid. |
| Planetoidal |
a. |
Pertaining to a planetoid. |
| Planetule |
n. |
A little planet. |
| Plangency |
n. |
The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound. |
| Plangent |
a. |
Beating; dashing, as a wave. |
| Plani- |
a. |
Alt. of Plano- |
| Planifolious |
a. |
Flat-leaved. |
| Planiform |
a. |
Having a plane surface; as, a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation. |
| Planimeter |
n. |
An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer. |
| Planimetric |
a. |
Alt. of Planimetrical |
| Planimetrical |
a. |
Of or pertaining to planimetry. |
| Planimetry |
n. |
The mensuration of plane surfaces;
distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes. |
| Planing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Plane |
| Planing |
|
a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t. |
| Planipennate |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Planipennia. |
| Planipennia |
n. pl. |
A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes. |
| Planipetalous |
a. |
Having flat petals. |
| Planish |
v. |
To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer. |
| Planished |
imp. & p. p. |
of Planish |
| Planisher |
n. |
One who, or that which, planishes. |
| Planishing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Planish |
| Planishing |
|
a. & vb. n. from Planish, v. t. |
| Planisphere |
n. |
The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour. |
| Planispheric |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a planisphere. |
| Plank |
n. |
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board. |
| Plank |
n. |
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. |
| Plank |
n. |
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. |
| Plank |
v. t. |
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. |
| Plank |
v. t. |
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. |
| Plank |
v. t. |
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. |
| Plank |
v. t. |
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. |
| Plank-sheer |
n. |
The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. |
| Planked |
imp. & p. p. |
of Plank |
| Planking |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Plank |
| Planking |
n. |
The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. |
| Planking |
n. |
The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4. |
| Plankton |
n. |
All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. |
| Planless |
a. |
Having no plan. |
| Planned |
imp. & p. p. |
of Plan |
| Planner |
n. |
One who plans; a projector. |
| Planning |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Plan |
| Plano- |
a. |
Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave. |
| Plano- |
|
See Plani-. |
| Plano-concave |
a. |
Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See Lens. |
| Plano-conical |
a. |
Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. |
| Plano-convex |
a. |
Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens. |
| Plano-horizontal |
a. |
Having a level horizontal surface or position. |
| Plano-orbicular |
a. |
Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other. |
