planar

Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪnɚ/

The English word “planar” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a plane.
Flat, two-dimensional.
Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

Etymology

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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