ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Microplane

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Microplane is a noun meaning (engineering) One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc.

Meaning

(engineering) One of a set of planes, variously oriented and microscopically bounded, within a material, used in modelling stresses etc.

More Meanings

  1. (rare, dated) A very small airplane: a micro-airplane; especially, one that can carry a human.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: microlight

Word Forms

Synonyms for microplane

Depending on context, synonyms include microlight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microsurface, microprojection, microtool, micromachine, microinstrument, micropart.

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