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Plane Table
- noun - surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details
Planenesses
- noun - the property of having two dimensions
Planer Tree
- - A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
Planet Gear
- noun - an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
Planetarium
- noun - a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
- an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
- an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome
Planetoidal
- - Pertaining to a planetoid.
Plangencies
- noun - A sound of mournful tone
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Planimeters
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
Planipennia
- - A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
Planisphere
- - The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.