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planar en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpleɪnə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpleɪnɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Late Latin plānārius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin plānus (“flat”, “level”), equivalent to plane + -ar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a plane.
    • A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
  2. Flat, two-dimensional.
  3. (of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
    • A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.
  4. (qualifier:transistor chip; semiconductor devices; transistor chip; semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more planar Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most planar Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

coplanar · intraplanar · planar defect · periplanar · quasiplanar · planarize · halfplanar · exoplanar · synplanar · equiplanar · planar induction · plabic · planarization · multiplanar · hyperplanar · nonplanar · echoplanar · complanar · curviplanar · planarly · quadriplanar · triplanar · planarity · biplanar · uniplanar · outerplanar · planarisation · diplanar · microplanar · planar graph · antiplanar · extraplanar · interplanar · monoplanar

Relateds

plane · planate

Translations (14)

ga plánach (flat, two-dimensional) · cs planární (of or pertaining to a plane) · es plano (of or pertaining to a plane) · cs rovinný (of or pertaining to a plane) · tr düzlemsel (of or pertaining to a plane) · ro planar (flat, two-dimensional) · it planare (of or pertaining to a plane) · ro planar (of or pertaining to a plane) · it planare (flat, two-dimensional) · mi papatahi (flat, two-dimensional) · fr planaire (of or pertaining to a plane) · bg равнинен (of or pertaining to a plane) · ga plánach (of or pertaining to a plane) · bg плосък (flat, two-dimensional)