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 Plane (mathematics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The topological plane is the natural context for the branch of graph theory that deals with planar graphs, and results such as the four color theorem.
The topological plane, or its equivalent the open disc, is the basic topological neighbourhood used to construct surfaces (or 2-manifolds) classified in low-dimensional topology.
In mathematics, a plane is a fundamental two-dimensional object.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plane_(mathematics)   (1084 words)

  
 Rocket Plane Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)
The only rocket plane ever to be mass-produced was the Messerschmitt Me 163 in 1944, one of several German World War II attempts at rocket-powered aircraft.
A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket for propulsion, sometimes in addition to jet engines.
The first truly successful rocket plane was the North American X-15, which was used for several years and eventually broke Mach 6.0.
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Rocket_plane   (229 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - plane (Mathematics) - Encyclopedia
A plane is determined, or defined, by any of the following: (1) three points not in a straight line; (2) a straight line and a point not on the line; (3) two intersecting lines; or (4) two parallel lines.
For a given plane in space, a line can either lie outside and parallel to it, intersect the plane in a single point, or lie entirely in the plane; if more than one point of a straight line lies in the plane, then the entire line must lie in the plane.
An example of a plane, or more exactly of a bounded portion of a plane, is the surface forming one face, or side, of a cube.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/plane.html   (224 words)

  
 Plane Tree
No Planes are known to the east of Kashmir, though, on the analogy of the distribution of tulip-trees--if the theory of the eastward retreat of the European flora of Miocene times towards America be well founded--we might expect them to occur in China or Japan.
To the student of philosophy the Plane must always be associated with the groves of the Academe, in which walked the earliest of the peripatetic philosophers.
The Oriental Plane is first mentioned, among English writers, by William Turner, "the father of English botany," in his "Herbal," printed at Cologne in 1568; and in 1596 John Gerard had it growing in his garden in Holborn, the history of his specimen being subsequently given by him in his "Herball" (1597), p.
www.2020site.org /trees/plane.html   (1417 words)

  
 Plane
This is a picture of the famous Plane tree of Hippocrates which stands in front of the ancient Castle of the Knights, at the centre of Kos town on the Greek island of Kos.
The London Plane is a tall handsome tree with unusual bark, which peels off in large plates revealing patches of creamy white; deeply palmately lobed leaves and spiky globular fruits, which hang in threes or fours on a single stalk.
The word 'Plane' is derived from the old Greek term, which refers to the broad leaf on the tree.
www.the-tree.org.uk /BritishTrees/plane.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Inclined Plane [encyclopedia]
An inclined plane is a ramp that reduces the force necessary to overcome the force of gravity when changing the elevation of mass in a gravitational field.
The ramp or inclined plane was useful in building early stone edifices, in roads and aquaducts, and military assault of fortified positions.
Detailed understanding of inclined planes and their use helped lead to the understanding of how vector quantities such as forces can be usefully decomposed and manipulated mathematically.
www.kosmoi.com /Science/Physics/Machines/Incline   (359 words)

  
 Plane Quiet - Pro Travel Gear
Plane Quiet is compatible with all worldwide airline in-flight entertainment systems and portable electronic devices, such as laptops, DVDs and CD players.
Plane Quiet eliminates up to 17 decibels across the sound spectrum, so you can relax and enjoy your favorite movie, music or pristine silence on your next flight, or anytime you need to block out unpleasant noise.
The long-awaited Plane Quiet Version NC-6 is an industry leader in active noise reduction and cancellation technology.
www.protravelgear.com /store/Electronics___Headphones___Plane_Quiet___28?Args=   (334 words)

  
 HON Allergy Glossary, Plananaceae Pollen
Plane trees are often used for their wood or as an ornamental tree in cities, especially the London plane which, as the name implies, is common in London.
Plane trees produce the characteristic downly tufts seen in many European cities in Spring and early Summer and which spell misery for those allergic to it.
The plane tree genus consists of deciduous trees, such as the American sycamore (P.
www.hon.ch /Library/Theme/Allergy/Glossary/platanus.html   (76 words)

  
 PLANE MAKING
Plane the glue joint surfaces of center block and cheeks to remove joiner marks.
Hold the plane with the palm on the iron to keep it in the plane should the wedge loosen.
Use the plane iron as a gauge to assure 1/16" adjustment clearance on center block.
www.crfinefurniture.com /1pages/sitelinks/howplane.html   (1246 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Older plane focus of investigation
Older planes are particularly susceptible to metal fatigue, caused by the gradual weakening of metal as it bends and twists during years of use.
The plane, a C-130 propeller plane that had been converted for use by the Forest Service, was built in 1957.
Planes that fly in or near saltwater are more likely to suffer from metal corrosion.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-12-19-planecrash_x.htm?csp=34   (687 words)

  
 Plane Crash Info.com
The plane ran off the runway in heavy rain causing extensive damage to the wings and landing gear.
The military plane crashed into a hillside and burst into flames as it approached Marsabit for a landing.
No one was injured however, one elderly passenger died of a heart attack several hours after the accident.
www.planecrashinfo.com   (78 words)

  
 Plane Castle Tower rental accommodation near Stirling Scotland
Plane Castle, the baronial house of the Sommervilles, Lords of Plane from 1428 to 1643, is located 6 miles south of Stirling, on the edge of the Bannockburn battlefield.
Plane Tower is offered for self-catering accommodation sleeping 4 to 8 people.
(A brief history of the castle is on the Plane Castle Manor House page).
www.aboutscotland.co.uk /stirling/plane.html   (896 words)

  
 Invariable Plane · Astrological definition of Invariable Plane · Astrology Encyclopedia
The period of the orbital precession of the Ecliptic on the Invariable Plane is indeterminate, since the minimum inclination of the Ecliptic to that plane is 0°0'0".
As a result of this residue, the nodical line at which the orbit plane of each planet intersects the invariable plane, is displaced backward, in a precessional motion of the whole orbit plane.
The Solar System possesses two fixed planes: that of the Solar Equator; and the Invariable plane - a central plane of the Solar System discovered by Laplace, which, passing through its center of gravity at a mean inclination of about 1°35' to the Ecliptic, is independent of the mutual perturbations of the planets.
www.astrologyweekly.com /dictionary/invariable-plane.php   (2469 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Stray plane causes 15-minute frenzy in D.C.
The plane was diverted to Maryland, and the two men aboard were briefly taken into custody and questioned but were not charged, according to the Secret Service and FBI.
The Cessna 150 is one of the smallest and slowest planes on the market and is used primarily to train new pilots.
The plane in the latest alert is owned by the Vintage Aero Club based at the Smoketown Airport in Pennsylvania.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-05-11-capitol-evacuated_x.htm   (651 words)

  
 Building a Wooden Hand Plane
Place the plane onto the wood you wish to cut and tap the blade into the surface of the wood.
To use this type of plane, place the blade beneath the wedge and gently tap the wedge into place with a small wooden mallet.
The length is up to you, depending on the type of plane you are building.
www.lowes.com /lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/BldHndPln&topic=howToLibrary   (1742 words)

  
 AVault PC X-Plane Review
The selection of different planes is an expansive and diverse grouping.
Were you to try and take off from a smaller community airstrip using a large 747 or other jumbo jet, you would quickly discover why certain planes have a strict minimum on runway length.
While flying single engine Cessnas or Pipers is always a blast, some pilots may want to try out their wings with airliners that are more "high-tech." To this end, Laminar has included a nice selection of military planes, including VTOL jets like the Harrier.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=xplane   (485 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: plane
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www.technorati.com /tags/plane   (481 words)

  
 IN RURAL HAMLET, THE MYSTERY MOUNTS; 5 REPORT SECOND PLANE AT PA. CRASH SITE; THE INVESTIGATION
In fact, a small single engine plane was in the vicinity of Flight 93 at one point along it's route and ATC told him to get as far away from Flight 93 as possible.
He dismissed rumors that a U.S. military jet had intercepted the plane before it could strike a target in Washington, D.C. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, President Bush's nominee for chairman of the joint chiefs of staff rejected rumors that the military had shot down the hijacked plane.
That plane was at treetop level within a mile or so AT CRASH TIME according to 5 witnesses in separate interviews.
www.flight93crash.com /second-plane-at-flight93-crash-site.htm   (2608 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World Americas Spy plane back in US
The EP-3 surveillance plane parts were carried by a chartered Russian Antonov-124 cargo plane to Dobbins Air Force Base in Georgia.
US security personnel will also examine the plane, which was loaded with surveillance equipment, to assess what data the Chinese may have obtained.
The dismantled parts of the US Navy spy plane which collided with a Chinese fighter jet in April have been flown back to an air base in the southern United States.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1425318.stm   (335 words)

  
 Hamilton - Math To Build On: Crossing & Parallel Lines
These lines are parallel to each other because they are on the same plane (the surface of this piece of paper) and they are the same distances apart.
Of course, to explain or work with ideas using the term plane, we must imagine objects with similar characteristics as planes, even though they may not be perfect.
Note: This is not to say that you cannot draw lines that are not in the same plane and not parallel, but the lines we draw in our work usually are.
mathforum.org /~sarah/hamilton/ham.lines.html   (371 words)

  
 Soul Plane
The engine of this "Plane" is Nashawn (Kevin Hart), a wide-eyed nouveau entrepreneur from South Central.
The pilot has never exactly flown a plane before, but he arrives fully prepared for the adventure: He brings his own supply of pot.
In fact, a good number of scenes take place in the plane's oversize bathroom, which houses an aggressive attendant (D.L. Hughley).
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000521349   (662 words)

  
 Problem 14: The Projective Plane
Now that we have seen projective planes of orders 2, 3 and 4, we are curious as to what orders exist corresponding projective planes.
In the case of projective planes of order 9, there are four such non-isomorphic projective planes.
By showing some of the symmetries of the projecive plane of order 3, we can see what some of the elements of the automorphism group of the space are.
home.wlu.edu /~mcraea/Finite_Geometry/NoneuclideanGeometry/Prob14ProjPlane/problem14.html   (527 words)

  
 Making a LA plane? - Sawmill Creek
Making LA wood planes is extremely difficult, this is why I mention that you may just want to make a regular bench plane instead if you aren't interested in buying a metal plane.
The key to success is a sharp iron and a reasonably well tuned bench plane, but if you are new to handplanes, I'd start with a good quality bench plane instead of a block plane, since you can get a bit more mileage out of it over a LA block plane.
The plane body has a metal thread insert into which the bolt is screwed to hold the blade down.
www.sawmillcreek.org /showthread.php?p=240163#post240163   (1231 words)

  
 Soul Plane (2004)
Goofs: Continuity: After the plane lands in Central Park, the front landing gear is stolen, causing the plane to tilt forward.
Everyone is saying that Soul Plane is a ghetto version of Airplane and since it rips off a "classic" that its automatically in the bottom 100.
In the next scene in the "dance club" in the plane, the patrons (and bar glasses, etc) are all level.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0367085   (595 words)

  
 CNN.com - Canada crash recorders being examined - Aug 4, 2005
He said the plane was encountering a big storm with sleet and high winds at the time.
The full evacuation of the plane is estimated to have taken two minutes.
About three-quarters of the passengers were able to deplane within 52 seconds, the time it took for the first fire crew to reach the jet, said John McDougall, deputy chief of the Mississauga Fire Department.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/americas/08/03/toronto.crash   (813 words)

  
 Understanding Pole/Zero Plots on the Z-Plane
When mapping poles and zeros onto the plane, poles are denoted by an "x" and zeros by an "o".
The Z-plane is a complex plane with an imaginary and real axis referring to the complex-valued variable z.
The position on the complex plane is given by rⅇ
cnx.org /content/m10556/latest   (675 words)

  
 Plane Truth
It was recommended at the time that all commercial planes should be equipped with a system to inject nitrogen into the fuel tanks as they were being depleted during flight.
In the original manuscript for my book, "Plane Truth", written in 1999, which was submitted and accepted by Algora Publishing of New York, I had included a Chapter 15 which was entitled, "Inviting Terrorism" in which I predicted that world events could lead to random acts of terrorism, even against the United States.
According to this documentary, this plane was brought down by a fire caused by an electrical short above the cockpit.
www.plane-truth.com   (7383 words)

  
 CBC News: 'A miracle' no deaths as Air France flight skids off runway, burns in Toronto
The plane, an Airbus A340-300 was en route from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and landed in Toronto at 4:03 p.m.
The plane, usually is equipped to carry 295 passengers and fly 12,000 kilometres before refueling.
"The most difficult thing was when the plane was rolling and we were halfway, and we thought we would die, because [as we looked out of] the window there were flames, the plane was continuing to go, and we thought we would just die," said Dubois.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/08/02/airfrance050802.html   (737 words)

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