different between planar vs shaper

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

From Middle English shapper, shapere, schapare, scaper, scheppere, schuppere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English s?yppend, s?ieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape +? -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?p?(?)/ enPR: sh??p?r

  Rhymes: -e?p?(r)

Noun

shaper (plural shapers)

1. One who shapes.
   • 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Dante

     The secret of those old shapers died with them.

2. A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
3. (surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.

Related terms

• glasser

Translations

Anagrams

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear