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Definition: Planar |
PlanarAdjective1. Involving two dimensions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Electrical Engineering | Qualifies a type of semiconductor device and the process technology that is used to fabricate it, in which all of the pn junctions terminate at approximately the same geometric plane on the surface of the semiconductor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Lying or arranged as a plane or in planes, usually implying more or less parallelism, as in bedding or cleavage. It is a two-dimensional arrangement, in contrast to the one-dimensional linear arrangement. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the context of computer graphics, Planar is method of representing pixel information with several bitplanes. Each individual bit in a bitplane is related to a single pixel on the screen. Unlike Chunky, Highcolour or Truecolour graphics, the data for an individual pixel isn't in one specific location in RAM, but spread across the bitplanes that make up the display.
For example, on a Chunky display, each byte will represent one pixel. So, if colour zero is black, colour one is blue, and colour two is green, a byte of chunky pixel data would look like this:
00000000 = Black pixel
00000001 = Blue pixel
00000010 = Green pixel
Whereas planar data would look like this
Plane 0, Byte 0: 00000000 = 8 black pixels
Plane 1, Byte 0: 00000000
Plane 0, Byte 0: 10000000 = 6 black pixels, one blue pixel, one green pixel
Plane 1, Byte 0: 00010000
Planar graphics were used a lot in the 80s and early 90s because displays tended to only be able to show less than 256 colours. For chunky displays, there is always 1 byte per pixel regardless of the colour depth of the display. This uses a lot of precious RAM. If you only need to display 8 colours, you can use 3 bitplanes, and each pixel only has 3 bits assigned to it instead of 8.
Planar graphics are also easier to scroll than chunky graphics in hardware, which is why systems like the Commodore Amiga were able to move large playfields around with little effort.
Note: Perhaps some drawn images would better show how planar graphics are stored in ram
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Planar."
Synonym: PlanarSynonym: two-dimensional (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: cubic (adj), linear (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Planar |
| English words defined with "planar": Saturn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "planar": Average planar linear heat generation rate, axial plane ♦ Benioff zone ♦ composition surface, crystal face ♦ drift-transistor lumped model ♦ fact cut, fault plane ♦ horizontal visibility map ♦ lamellar fabric ♦ optical flat ♦ phosphorus soaking, planar cross-bedding, planar flow structure, planar gliding, planar graph, planar implant, planar straight-line graph, planar structure, planarization, plane fault, primary gneiss ♦ realizable component density, revolved view, rock cleavage ♦ schistose structure, schistous structure, slaty structure ♦ temperature plate, temp-plate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Planar" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (float, glide, plane, soar, volplane). |
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| "Planar" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Planar" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Planar Systems, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "planar": planar implant. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "planar": echo-planar, non-planar. | |
Containing "planar": Echo-Planar Imaging. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "planar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 平面. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | planar, plan (design, diagram, plan, plane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | planair, vlak (even, exactly, flat, level, sharp, smooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مسطح (Even, Flat, Plain, Plane), سطحی (Shallow, Sketchy, Superficial, Surface), دووجهی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | planaari-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | planar, planaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eben (even, exactly, flat, just, just now, level, now, plane, precisely, simply, smooth), flach (even, flat, flat-bottomed, gentle, insipid, level, low, platy, shallow, shallows, smooth, superficial, tabular, vapid, vapidly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επίπεδος (flat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | síkbeli (plane), sík (even, horizontal, level, plain, plane, smooth as ice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | planare (glide, plane, volplane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 平面三'法 (planar trigonometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へいめ"さ"かくほう (planar trigonometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anarplay planar (float, glide, plane, soar, volplane). (various references) планарный. (various references) planar. (various references) lagerlutning (geologic dip of planar features). (various references) düzlemsel (plane), düzleme ait. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "planar": planaria, planarian, planarians, planarias, planarities, planarity. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "planar": coplanar, noncoplanar, nonplanar. (additional references) | |
Words containing "planar": coplanarities, coplanarity. (additional references) | |
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"Planar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Palanza, panir, Panor, pelennor, pianer, pianure, Plagnac, plana, planare, Planas, planery, Planig, pleaner, plena, plener, Plugaru, Pluna, plunar, Poljana, pxana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "planar" (pronounced plā"ner) |
| 5 | p l ā" n er | complainer, nonplanar, plainer, planer. |
| 3 | -ā" n er | campaigner, container, drainer, entertainer, gainer, retainer, saner, trainer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-p-r" | |
-2 letters: alan, alar, anal, para, plan. | |
-3 letters: aal, ala, alp, ana, lap, lar, nap, pal, pan, par, ran, rap. | |
-4 letters: aa, al, an, ar, la, na, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: lupanar, plantar, preanal. | |
+2 letters: airplane, coplanar, lupanars, parental, parkland, parlance, parlando, parlante, paternal, patronal, planaria, planular, prandial, prenatal, rataplan, warplane. | |
+3 letters: aeroplane, airplanes, manipular, nonplanar, parklands, parlances, parlaying, patrolman, perinatal, phalanger, planarian, planarias, planarity, planetary, rampantly, rataplans, tarpaulin, warplanes. | |
+4 letters: aeroplanes, appareling, apparently, aquaplaner, biparental, intraplate, landscaper, lapidarian, palavering, panhandler, paralysing, paralyzing, paranoidal, paranormal, pardonable, pardonably, parentally, parenteral, parliament, partisanly, paternally, penetralia, phalangers, pharyngeal, placarding, planarians, planetaria, pleasanter, pleasantry, prenatally, sailplaner, sporangial, suprarenal, tarpaulins, transeptal, transplant, transpolar, unpastoral. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6C 61 6E 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-.. .- -. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P l a n a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006C 0061 006E 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507867806784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; |
