Planed vs Planing - What's the difference?
planed | planing |
(plane)
Of a surface: flat or level.
A level or flat surface.
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
A level of existence or development. (eg'', ''astral plane )
A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
(computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
(anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
To smooth (wood) with a plane.
An airplane; an aeroplane.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author=Tom Cheshire
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, title= (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
To glide or soar.
(senseid)(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus .
(Northern UK) A sycamore.
The act by which something is planed.
* 1996 , James N. McKean, ?Mary Vanclay, Common Sense Instrument Care (page 44)
As verbs the difference between planed and planing
is that planed is (plane) while planing is .As a noun planing is
the act by which something is planed.planed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----plane
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.Adjective
(er)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* (mathematics) real plane, complex plane * (anatomy) coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse planeDerived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl), fromSee also
* rhykenologistVerb
(plan)Etymology 3
Abbreviated from aeroplane .Noun
(en noun)Solar-powered travel, passage=The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.}}
Derived terms
* floatplane * planeside * planespotter/plane spotter/plane-spotter * plane spotting * seaplaneVerb
(plan)Etymology 4
From (etyl) plane, from (etyl) platanus, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
*planing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The length of time between planings can be anywhere from one year to several, depending on the density of the wood, the amount you play, and the abrasiveness of your perspiration.