planar

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpleɪnɚ/
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/ˈpleɪnɚ/ · /ˈpleɪnə/

Definition of planar

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to a plane.
    “A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.”
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adj

  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. Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
    “A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.”
  4. Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

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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”).

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