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coplanarity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English coplanarity From coplanar + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, of at least two things, qualifier:usually lines, uncountable) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
  2. (countable, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies, uncountable) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
    • Gliese 876 affords us by far our most detailed and accurate map of any extrasolar planetary system in the solar neighborhood, and […] it is reassuring to see a kinship in the most fundamental property of system coplanarity. 2009 January 9, Robert Naeye, “Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar”, in skyandtelescope.com, retrieved 09 Jan 2009:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coplanarities Number=Plur lexicographic
co-planarity alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

noncoplanarity

Translations (6)

ja 共面 (state or characteristic of being within the same plane) · fi samantasoisuus (state or characteristic of being within the same plane) · pl współpłaszczyznowość (state or characteristic of being within the same plane) · fi koplanaarisuus (state or characteristic of being within the same plane) · fr coplanarité (state or characteristic of being within the same plane) · cmn 共面 (state or characteristic of being within the same plane)