Plane
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Plane or Planes may refer to:
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[edit] Physical objects
- Airplane (Aeroplane), a powered fixed-wing aircraft
- Plane (tool), a tool 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. cyaneus) and the Gulfweed crab (P. minutus)
[edit] Concepts
- Plane (mathematics), 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 (metaphysics), a theoretical type of region, of which the known universe is only one example
- Physical plane, the region containing the universe itself
- 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
- Planes of existence (talker), a plane of existence within a specific talker
- 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
[edit] Places
- Planes, Alicante, is a municipality in Spain