Plane

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Plane or Planes may refer to:

[edit] Physical objects

• Aeroplane (Airplane), a fixed-wing aircraft
• Plane (tool), a tool or machine for shaving wood
• Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"
• Acer pseudoplatanus, a tree species sometimes called "plane"
• Planes, a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae called "weed crabs", containing e.g. the Blue Pacific weed crab (P. major) and the Gulfweed crab (P. minutus)
• Plane River, a river in eastern Germany

[edit] Concepts

• Plane (geometry), theoretical surface which has infinite width and length, zero thickness, and zero curvature.
• Lattice plane, a plane in a crystal structure .
• Clipping plane, in computer graphics.
• Plane (esotericism), in theories of emanation, as in Neoplatonism, an emergent state, level or region of reality, emanating from the Divine and culminating in the Physical plane.
• Plane (Dungeons & Dragons), a plane of existence within the role-playing game.
• Plane (Magic: The Gathering), a plane of existence within the trading card game.
• Plane of immanence, a philosophical concept.
• Planing (sailing), a method of travelling quickly across water by using speed to lift the hull out of the water.
• Plane sailing, an approximation used in navigation
• Planes of Existence (talker), a well known talker. A plane was the name for one of the sub-sections of the talker.

[edit] See also

• Airplane
• Plain
• Plano

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