plane
part of speech
noun (a plane, planes); adjective (plane — flat); verb (plane, planes, planed, planing — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) A plane is an aeroplane or airplane, a machine with wings that flies. tree →
2) In maths, a plane is a flat surface that goes on forever in all directions. tree →
3) A plane is a tool for making wood smooth and flat. tree →
4) A plane tree is a big tree often planted in city streets. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A plane-tree is a tree with peeling bark that Jacob used for his striped rods. In Sefer Yetzirah translations "plane" means a level of existence. Interpretation: Kabbalists speak of worlds or planes, and the Sefer Yetzirah is linked with the plane of formation, called Yetzirah. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, people travel by plane and go through airport security. In maths and geometry, plane shapes (2D shapes) are flat, like squares, triangles and circles. In science, planes fly because their wings give lift. In history, the Wright brothers flew the first powered plane. Phrases: by plane, get on a plane, catch a plane, plane shape, plane ticket.
examples
- And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods. (Torah GEN.30.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- is '' the voices from nothing." The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together; (Prophets ISA.41.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, the plane-tree and the larch together; to beautify the place of My sanctuary, and I will make the place of My feet glorious. (Prophets ISA.60.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- We flew to Spain by plane. tree →
- The plane took off on time. tree →
- A square is a plane shape. tree →
- Look at all the planes at the airport. tree →
- Fasten your seat belt on the plane. tree →
- The carpenter used a plane to smooth the door. tree →
- A plane flew high above the clouds. tree →
- Plane trees line the streets of London. tree →
- "Ungrateful creatures!" said a voice from the Plane Tree. tree →
note
Do not confuse with «plain» (simple, or a flat area of land), which sounds the same. British: aeroplane; American: airplane; both shortened to plane. A plane shape is flat (2D); a solid shape is 3D.
In the corpora
- Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
- A plane flying over or a camera wobble can mean another take, so many takes do not mean bad acting.
- You watch the safety demonstration even if you have seen it before, because each plane can be different.
- Your seat belt stays fastened whenever you are seated on a plane, because sudden bumps called turbulence can happen.
- Ollie in Glasgow tore pages out of his maths exercise book to make paper planes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «plane» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.