planate

English

Adjective

planate (comparative more planate, superlative most planate)

1. flat, flattened. Resembling a plane, or otherwise planar.

Noun

planate (plural planates)

1. (entomology, geography) flat or flattened area.

   This species has several distinctively coloured planates across the head.

   The planate, measuring several kilometres across, was formed by wind erosion.

Related terms

• plane
• planar

Anagrams

• analept, plantae, plantæ, platane

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

planate

1. inflection of planare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

planate f pl

1. feminine plural of planato

Anagrams

• palante