Definition of Plane section

1. Noun. (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid.

Exact synonyms: Section
Generic synonyms: Area, Expanse, Surface Area
Category relationships: Geometry
Specialized synonyms: Cross Section

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plane Section

plane curve
plane figure
plane geometry
plane joint
plane of ecliptic
plane of incidence
plane of pelvic canal
plane of regard
plane polarized light
plane sailing
plane seat
plane section (current term)
plane suture
plane table
plane tables
plane ticket
plane tree
plane wart
plane wave
planed
planeful
planefuls
planelike
planeload
planeloads
planemo

Literary usage of Plane section

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"... learn that every plane section of a surface of the order n is a curve of the order n. In like manner it is proved that every right line meets a surface ..."

2. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section. *— The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any plane section ..."

3. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section. — The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any ..."

4. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1917)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section.—The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any plane section when ..."

5. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"To find the axes and area of any central plane section of an ellipsoid. Let the equation of the ellipsoid be a" * b•1 * c1 ' and let the equation of the ..."

6. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"... learn that every plane section of a surface of the order n is a curve of the order n. In like manner it is proved that every right line meets a surface ..."

7. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section. *— The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any plane section ..."

8. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section. — The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any ..."

9. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1917)
"The Moment of Inertia of a plane section.—The method of the preceding article affords a method of obtaining the moment of inertia of any plane section when ..."

10. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"To find the axes and area of any central plane section of an ellipsoid. Let the equation of the ellipsoid be a" * b•1 * c1 ' and let the equation of the ..."

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