coplanar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kəʊˈpleɪnə(ɹ)/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English planar English coplanar From co- + planar.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of at least two things, qualifier:usually lines or plane figures) Within the same plane.
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(not-comparable, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) Orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
Gliese 876’s third, innermost planet . . . is likely to be coplanar with its outer two companions.
2009 January 9, Robert Naeye, “Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar”, in skyandtelescope.com, retrieved 09 Jan 2009:
Deriveds
Relateds
anticoplanar · collinear · coincident · coplanarity · syncoplanar
Translations (12)
fi koplanaarinen (geometry: within the same plane) · fr coplanaire (geometry: within the same plane) · gv co-phlaanagh (geometry: within the same plane) · cmn 共面 (geometry: within the same plane) · pl współpłaszczyznowy (geometry: within the same plane) · it complanare (geometry: within the same plane) · el συνεπίπεδος (geometry: within the same plane) · ru комплана́рный (geometry: within the same plane) · ca coplanari (geometry: within the same plane) · fi samantasoinen (geometry: within the same plane) · de komplanar (geometry: within the same plane) · es coplanario (geometry: within the same plane)