planar
adjUS /ˈpleɪnɚ/ · UK /ˈpleɪnə/
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”).
1
Of or pertaining to a plane.
- A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
2
Flat, two-dimensional.
3
Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences Of a graph Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
- A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.
4
Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.
Transistor chip; semiconductor devices; transistor chip; semiconductor devices
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