different between coplanarity vs coplanar

English

Alternative forms

• co-planarity

Noun

coplanarity (countable and uncountable, plural coplanarities)

1. (geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
2. (astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
   • 2009, Robert Naeye, "Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar," skyandtelescope.com, 9 Jan. (retrieved 9 Jan. 2009):

     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.

Related terms

• coplanar

English

Etymology

co- +? planar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???ple?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?n?(r)

Adjective

coplanar (not comparable)

1. (geometry, of at least two things, usually lines or plane figures) Within the same plane.
2. (astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) Orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
   • 2009, Robert Naeye, "Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar," skyandtelescope.com, 9 Jan. (retrieved 9 Jan. 2009):

     Gliese 876’s third, innermost planet . . . is likely to be coplanar with its outer two companions.

Related terms

• anticoplanar
• coplanarity
• syncoplanar

Translations

See also

• coincident
• collinear

Portuguese

Adjective

coplanar m or f (plural coplanares, comparable)

1. coplanar

Romanian

Etymology

From French coplanaire

Adjective

coplanar m or n (feminine singular coplanar?, masculine plural coplanari, feminine and neuter plural coplanare)

1. coplanar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kopla?na?/, [ko.pla?na?]

Adjective

coplanar (plural coplanares)

1. coplanar