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planar.

Of or pertaining to a plane.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpleɪnɚ/General-American/ˈpleɪnə/Received-Pronunciation
  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.

Where this word comes from

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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.