different between planar vs planation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin pl?n?rius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin pl?nus (“flat”, “level”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ple?n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ple?n?/
• Homophones: plainer, planer
• Rhymes: -e?n?(?)

Adjective

planar (comparative more planar, superlative most planar)

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. (graph theory, 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. (transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

Derived terms

• antiplanar
• nonplanar
• periplanar
• synplanar

Related terms

• plane
• planate

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a???

Adjective

planar (not comparable)

1. planar

Declension

Further reading

• “planar” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

planar m

1. indefinite plural of plan

Portuguese

Etymology

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Verb

planar (first-person singular present indicative plano, past participle planado)

1. (intransitive) to glide (to fly unpowered)

Conjugation

Related terms

• plano

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin planarius (“relating to a plane”), from Latin planum (“plane”).

Adjective

planar (plural planares)

1. planar (relating to a plane)

Swedish

Verb

planar

1. present tense of plana.

English

Etymology

plane +? -ation

Noun

planation (countable and uncountable, plural planations)

1. (geology) The formation of a flat surface by erosion and deposition
2. (biology) The morphological transformation of a three-dimensional structure into a two-dimensional one through development or evolution

Related terms

• planar
• plane

Derived terms

• cryoplanation

Anagrams

• Platonian, platinoan