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Continuous group of 65536 Unicode code points
In the Unicode standard, a plane is a contiguous group of 65,536 (216) code points. There are 17 planes, identified by the numbers 0 to 16, which corresponds
Plane_(Unicode)
Purposely unassigned Unicode code points
PUA blocks in Unicode. In the Basic Multilingual Plane (plane 0), the block titled Private Use Area (PUA) has 6400 code points. Planes 15 and 16 are almost
Private_Use_Areas
Named range of Unicode code points
the Unicode consortium, and are named only for the convenience of users. Unicode 17.0 defines 346 blocks: 164 in plane 0, the Basic Multilingual Plane (in
Unicode_block
Character encoding standard
uncommon Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Unicode (also known as The Unicode Standard
Unicode
Unicode character block
Symbols Unicode Block's 220 glyphs by using the Private Use Area in the Basic Multilingual Plane, permitting close to 2600 glyphs. The following Unicode-related
Musical Symbols (Unicode block)
Musical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)
Unicode block containing some special codepoints and two non-characters
Specials is a short Unicode block of characters allocated at the very end of the Basic Multilingual Plane, at U+FFF0–FFFF, containing these code points:
Specials_(Unicode_block)
Input characters using their Unicode code points
is limited to characters in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). Characters are searchable by Unicode character name, and the table can be limited to a
Unicode_input
Complete list of the characters available on most computers
total. As of 2025 (Unicode 17.0) ISO and the Unicode Consortium has only allocated characters and blocks in seven of the 17 planes. The others remain
Universal Character Set characters
Universal_Character_Set_characters
Computer font that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard
Unicode font is a computer font that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard. The term has become archaic because the vast majority
Unicode_font
Unicode character block
other symbols. In Unicode, the Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform script is covered in three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP): U+12000–U+123FF
Cuneiform_(Unicode_block)
scripts in Unicode include: Ahom (Unicode block) Balinese (Unicode block) Batak (Unicode block) Bhaiksuki (Unicode block) Buhid (Unicode block) Buginese
List_of_Unicode_characters
Process of converting text to glyph indices and positions
decides which glyphs to render and where they should be put on the image plane. Unicode is generally used to specify the text to be rendered. Text shaping results
Text_shaping
Variable-width encoding of Unicode, using one or two 16-bit code units
UTF-16 (16-bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a character encoding that supports all 1,112,064 valid code points of Unicode. The encoding is variable-length
UTF-16
Topics referred to by the same term
level or region of reality Planē (mythology), an ancient Greek goddess Plane (tool), a tool for shaping wood Plane (Unicode), in the Universal Coded Character
Plane
Unicode block
symbols in Unicode Unicode input "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard"
Arrows_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
have lossless translation to and from Unicode. It is the second-to-last block of the Basic Multilingual Plane, followed only by the short Specials block
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)
Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms_(Unicode_block)
Unicode block of typographical symbols
characters in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane named Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (U+1F100–U+1F1FF), as of Unicode 6.0. The character U+20DD ◌⃝ COMBINING
Enclosed_Alphanumerics
Topics referred to by the same term
Unicode space may refer to Unicode space characters Plane (Unicode), code space for characters This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Unicode_space
Standard set of characters defined by ISO/IEC 10646
of the Basic Multilingual Plane with that of Unicode. Meanwhile, in the passage of time, the situation changed in the Unicode standard itself: 65,536 characters
Universal_Coded_Character_Set
Block of Unicode symbols
may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF. The BLACK CIRCLE is
Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)
Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)
Set of alphabetic symbols that allow for special handling
The regional indicator symbols are a set of 26 alphabetic Unicode characters (A–Z) intended to be used to encode ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two-letter country
Regional_indicator_symbol
Graphemes for various number systems
A numeral (often called number in Unicode) is a character that denotes a number. The decimal number digits 0–9 are used widely in various writing systems
Numerals_in_Unicode
Unicode block
This article contains Unicode emoticons or emoji. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Miscellaneous_Symbols
Encoding of artificial scripts
The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project to coordinate the assignment of code points in the Unicode Private Use Areas (PUA) for the encoding
ConScript_Unicode_Registry
Unicode character block
In Unicode, the Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform script is covered in three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP): U+12000–U+123FF Cuneiform U+12400–U+1247F
Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuation
Topics referred to by the same term
Program/Extended), IBM mainframe software Supplementary Multilingual Plane, Unicode characters for historical scripts SMP (computer algebra system) Symmetric
SMP
Fonts for dingbats
This article contains Unicode emoticons or emoji. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Wingdings
Symbols for emotional cues in text
This article contains Unicode emoticons or emoji. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Emoji
Unicode character block
have placed 897 new sinographic characters in Plane 10 (hexadecimal: 0A), a yet-untitled astral Unicode plane. This was motivated by a "strong need of citizen
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I
CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_I
Unicode character block
Cyrillic characters defined outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining
Cyrillic_Extended-D
Type of reserve typeface
character in the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane. Each glyph consists of a box containing the four hexadecimal digits corresponding to the Unicode value. The
Fallback_font
This article compares Unicode encodings in two types of environments: 8-bit clean environments, and environments that forbid the use of byte values with
Comparison of Unicode encodings
Comparison_of_Unicode_encodings
Unicode character block
This article contains Unicode alchemical symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of alchemical
Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block)
Alchemical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Tags is a Unicode block containing formatting tag characters. The block is designed to mirror ASCII. It was originally intended for language tags, but
Tags_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
CJK Unified Ideographs is a Unicode block containing the most common CJK ideographs used in modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese characters
CJK Unified Ideographs (Unicode block)
CJK_Unified_Ideographs_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Block Elements is a Unicode block containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are box-drawing characters
Block_Elements
Using numbers to represent text characters
encoding standard EUC-KR ISO-2022-KR Unicode (and subsets thereof, such as the 16-bit 'Basic Multilingual Plane') UTF-8 UTF-16 UTF-32 ANSEL or ISO/IEC
Character_encoding
Encoding for shared Han characters
characters were identified and named CJK Unified Ideographs. As of Unicode 17.0, Unicode defines a total of 101,996 characters. The term ideographs is a
CJK_Unified_Ideographs
Overview on Unicode implementation in Microsoft Windows
planes with surrogate pairs. However Microsoft did not support UTF-8 until May 2019. A large amount of Microsoft documentation uses the word "Unicode"
Unicode_in_Microsoft_Windows
Unicode character block
characters defined outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). They were created for Unicode version 14 in 2021. Because this is a recently created
Latin_Extended-G
There are Unicode typefaces which are open-source and designed to contain glyphs of all Unicode characters, or at least a broad selection of Unicode scripts
Open-source_Unicode_typefaces
Numerical value representing a character in a coded character set
FFhex, and Unicode comprises 1,114,112 code points in the range 0hex to 10FFFFhex. The Unicode code space is divided into seventeen planes (the basic
Code_point
Duospaced bitmap font
GNU Unifont is a free Unicode bitmap font created by Roman Czyborra. The main Unifont covers all of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). The "upper" companion
GNU_Unifont
Unicode character block
symbols. Look up Appendix:Unicode/Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a Unicode block containing the Gardiner's
Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Unicode block)
Egyptian_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2025-10-13. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2025-10-13. The Unicode Consortium
Arabic_(Unicode_block)
ASCII-compatible variable-width encoding of Unicode
used for electronic communication. Defined by the Unicode Standard, the name is derived from Unicode Transformation Format – 8-bit. As of 2026, almost
UTF-8
Typographic symbol class
This article contains Unicode emoticons or emoji. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Dingbat
Unicode character block
Box Drawing is a Unicode block containing characters for compatibility with legacy graphics standards that contained characters for making bordered charts
Box_Drawing
Unicode character block
The Basic Latin Unicode block, sometimes informally called C0 Controls and Basic Latin, is the first block of the Unicode standard, and the only block
Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)
Typeface
of Plane Two is included in this font. Unicode typeface Free software Unicode typefaces Unicode Other well-known Unicode fonts include: Arial Unicode MS
Code2000
Unicode character block
(Unicode block) "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard
Javanese_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Latin Extended-F is a Unicode block containing modifier letters, nearly all IPA and extIPA, for phonetic transcription. The Latin Extended-F and -G blocks
Latin_Extended-F
National standard coded character set of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
the first two planes of CNS 11643, served as the de facto standard encoding for Traditional Chinese before the introduction of Unicode. Other encodings
CNS_11643
Group of Unicode symbols
This article contains uncommon Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
Enclosed_Alphanumeric_Supplement
see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of phonetic symbols. Unicode supports several phonetic scripts and notation systems through its existing
Phonetic_symbols_in_Unicode
Unicode character block
Variation Selectors is a Unicode block containing 16 variation selectors used to specify a glyph variant for a preceding character. They are currently
Variation Selectors (Unicode block)
Variation_Selectors_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Deseret (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ ) is a Unicode block containing characters in the Deseret alphabet, which were invented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Deseret_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Mahjong Tiles is a Unicode block containing characters depicting the standard set of tiles used in the game of Mahjong. The Mahjong Tiles block contains
Mahjong_Tiles_(Unicode_block)
Multi-byte character encoding
keeping up to date with recent editions to Unicode as Unicode expands beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane and adds characters to existing scripts. The
TRON_(encoding)
Unicode character block
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G is a Unicode block containing rare and historic CJK Unified Ideographs for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G
CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_G
Unicode code point property names and their uses
The Unicode Standard assigns various properties to each Unicode character and code point. The properties can be used to handle characters (code points)
Unicode_character_property
17 Unicode planes, included with Mac OS 8.5 and up) Lucida Grande (Unicode font included with macOS; includes 1,266 glyphs)* Lucida Sans Unicode (included
List_of_typefaces
Unicode character block
This article contains Unicode Braille characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Braille
Braille_Patterns
Unicode character block
Yijing Hexagram Symbols is a Unicode block containing the 64 hexagrams from the I Ching. The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and
Yijing_Hexagram_Symbols
North Korean character set
characters added to Unicode, not all KPS 9566 characters have Unicode equivalents. Those which do not are mapped to similar Unicode characters or to the
KPS_9566
Unicode character block
Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez script, used for Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic
Ethiopic_(Unicode_block)
Character encoding standard
which was used to maintain EACC, was one of the direct predecessors of Unicode's Unihan set. CCCII is designed as an 94n set, as defined by ISO/IEC 2022
Chinese Character Code for Information Interchange
Chinese_Character_Code_for_Information_Interchange
Subset of characters in Unicode
v t e In Unicode, a script is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems. Some
Script_(Unicode)
Unicode character block
of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium
Mathematical Operators (Unicode block)
Mathematical_Operators_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Hiragana is a Unicode block containing hiragana characters for the Japanese language. The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process
Hiragana_(Unicode_block)
Latin letter N with tilde above
other keyboards, see Unicode input). ⟨ñ⟩ may be used in internationalized domain names, but it will have to be converted from Unicode to ASCII using Punycode
Ñ
Japanese standard character set
Because about 300 kanji are in Unicode Plane 2, Unicode implementations supporting only the Basic Multilingual Plane cannot handle all of the JIS X 0213
JIS_X_0213
Unicode character block
Thai is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thai, Lanna Tai, and Pali languages. It is based on the Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533. The following
Thai_(Unicode_block)
(September 18, 2003). "Proposal to Encode Kharoṣ ṭhī in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Unicode.org. Everson, Michael (July 25, 2007). "Proposal to add
List_of_numeral_systems
Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa
NKo is a Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa, including Bamanan, Jula, Maninka, Mandinka, and a common literary
NKo_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
is a Unicode block containing runic characters. It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014)
Runic_(Unicode_block)
Windows utility displaying characters in a font
grouped by their Unicode subrange. Although the Unicode standard already extends character field to plane 16 and many codepoints of plane 1 are assigned
Character_Map_(Windows)
Unicode character block
intended characters. Early Dynastic Cuneiform is a Unicode block of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP), at U+12480–U+1254F, introduced in version
Early_Dynastic_Cuneiform
Unicode character block
symbols in Unicode "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard
Combining_Diacritical_Marks
Unicode character block
Viewer (Unicode 8) "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard
Sutton SignWriting (Unicode block)
Sutton_SignWriting_(Unicode_block)
Typeface style used in mathematics
{R} } ). In Unicode, a few of the more common blackboard bold characters (ℂ, ℍ, ℕ, ℙ, ℚ, ℝ, and ℤ) are encoded in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) in the
Blackboard_bold
Type of Chinese noodles
added to Unicode version 13.0 in March 2020 in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G block of the newly allocated Tertiary Ideographic Plane. The corresponding
Biangbiang_noodles
Project coordinating the encoding of medieval texts using the Private Use Area
In digital typography, the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative (MUFI) is a project which aims to coordinate the encoding and display of special characters
Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
Medieval_Unicode_Font_Initiative
Unicode character block
This article contains Unicode emoticons or emoji. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the
Emoticons_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Latin Extended-A is a Unicode block and is the third block of the Unicode standard. It encodes Latin letters from the Latin ISO character sets other than
Latin_Extended-A
Relationship between Unicode characters and HTML
multilingual text represented with the Unicode universal character set. Key to the relationship between Unicode and HTML is the relationship between the
Unicode_and_HTML
Unicode character block
The Unicode block Playing Cards contains a full 56-card deck for the Minor Arcana (i.e., a standard 52-card deck with King, Queen, and Jack face cards
Playing_Cards_(Unicode_block)
Point where an orbit crosses a plane of reference to which it is inclined
intersects a plane of reference inclined with respect to the orbital plane. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes
Orbital_node
Unicode character block
Symbols is a Unicode block containing arrows, dots, enclosures, and overlays for modifying symbol characters. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was simply
Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols
Combining_Diacritical_Marks_for_Symbols
Unicode character block
in Unicode Latin script in Unicode "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard"
Superscripts_and_Subscripts
Unicode character block
Optical Character Recognition is a Unicode block containing signal characters for OCR and MICR standards. The Optical Character Recognition block has
Optical Character Recognition (Unicode block)
Optical_Character_Recognition_(Unicode_block)
Unicode block (U+1D000..U+1D0FF)
(Unicode block) Ancient Greek Musical Notation (Unicode block) Znamenny Musical Notation (Unicode block) "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard
Byzantine_Musical_Symbols
Unicode character block
block: "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard
Mayan Numerals (Unicode block)
Mayan_Numerals_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
Kharoshthi is a Unicode block containing characters used to write the Gandhari and Sanskrit languages in northwest India from the 3rd century BCE to the
Kharoshthi_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
rendering support to display the Lao text in this article correctly. Lao is a Unicode block containing characters for the languages of Laos. The characters of
Lao_(Unicode_block)
Blackletter typeface
Forms vs. Plain Text | Why does Unicode contain whole alphabets of "italic" or "bold" characters in Plane 1?". Unicode Consortium. 7 July 2015. Retrieved
Fraktur
Extended character encoding for Standard Cantonese
Supplementary Ideographic Plane, such as in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B or CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement Unicode blocks. However, to preserve
Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set
Hong_Kong_Supplementary_Character_Set
Unicode block
in Unicode Unicode symbols Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (Unicode block) Currency Symbols (Unicode block)
Letterlike_Symbols
Unicode character block
(also called C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement) is the second Unicode block in the Unicode standard. It encodes the upper range of ISO 8859-1: 80 (U+0080)
Latin-1_Supplement
Unicode character block
is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Khmer (Cambodian) language. For details of the characters, see Khmer alphabet – Unicode. The
Khmer_(Unicode_block)
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kshetra | கà¯à®·à¯‡à®¤à¯à®°Â
Place
Kshetra | கà¯à®·à¯‡à®¤à¯à®°Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Plane; Vayu Yaan
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a gardener, in particular someone with a herb garden, from Middle English plant (Old English plante), Old French plante ‘herb’, ‘shrub’, ‘young tree’. In English it may also be a nickname for a tender or delicate individual, from the same word in a transferred sense.French : topographic name for a planted area, in particular one planted with herbs or vines. Compare Plantier.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Narrow Road
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Sacred Plant; A Medicine Plant; Basil Plant
Surname or Lastname
French (Planté)
French (Planté) : topographic name for someone living by an area of planted ground, a herb garden, shrubbery, or more specifically a vineyard.English : variant of Plant.
Boy/Male
English Scottish American Celtic Gaelic
Boy/Male
Arabic, Parsi
Planet; Planet Jupiter
Male
French
French form of Latin Stephanus, STÉPHANE means "crown."
Girl/Female
Australian, Irish
Island
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Southern French : variant of Laine.Possibly also a variant of Southern French Lande.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Danish, English
Path; Way; Road
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
Shining; Bright; Similar to Helen
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Little Plant; Small Plant
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
A Narrow Country Road; From the Narrow Road
Girl/Female
Australian, Celtic
Fair
Boy/Male
English American
From the long meadow 'Path; roadway.
Boy/Male
English
Place.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Berkshire)
English (chiefly Berkshire) : from Middle English planke ‘plank’ (Late Latin planca). It is not clear how this word was applied as a surname: it may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a plank bridge over a stream, a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, or a nickname for a thin person.North German : nickname for a cantankerous person, from Middle Low German plank ‘quarrel’, ‘discord’.North German : metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German plank ‘measure for liquids’.South German : topographic name from Middle High German plank ‘plank’, ‘palisade’.South German : nickname for a fair-haired person, from a variant of Middle High German blanc ‘light’, ‘shining’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Planet
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Gentle Rain
Male
Russian
(Ипполит) Russian form of Greek Hippolytos, IPPOLIT means "horse-freer."
Biblical
hidden in a cluster of fig trees
Boy/Male
Tamil
Roddur | ரோதà¯à®¤à¯à®°
Sunshine
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Goddess Saraswathi
Boy/Male
Celtic
Mythical son of Taran.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Parting line of hair
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Brilliant
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, French, Indian, Muslim, Parsi, Swahili
Lover
Boy/Male
Arabic
Victory
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
PLANE UNICODE
a.
Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See Lens.
a.
Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.
a.
To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
n.
To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
a.
An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens.
a.
A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
n.
A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
imp. & p. p.
of Plane
v. t.
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
v. t.
To calender; as, to plate paper.
n.
To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
a.
Alt. of Plano-
a.
A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.