English Explanatory Dictionary

planar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a plane.
  2. Flat, two-dimensional.
  3. Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
  4. Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

Pronunciation

/ˈpleɪnɚ/ /ˈpleɪnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-planar.wav

Word forms

planar more planar most planar

Etymology

From Late Latin plānārius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin plānus (“flat”, “level”), equivalent to plane + -ar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Related words

plane planate

Derived words

antiplanar biplanar complanar coplanar curviplanar diplanar echoplanar equiplanar exoplanar extraplanar halfplanar hyperplanar interplanar intraplanar microplanar monoplanar multiplanar nonplanar outerplanar periplanar plabic planar defect planar graph planar induction planarisation planarity planarization planarize planarly quadriplanar quasiplanar synplanar triplanar uniplanar
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