coplanar
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Etymology
Origin of coplanar
1860–65; co- + planar < Late Latin plānāris; see plane 1, -ar 1
Vocabulary lists containing coplanar
Geometry - High School
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These pulses travel along a coplanar waveguide and then pass through superconducting samples only micrometers in size.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
What we expect from Kepler data, then, is evidence of coplanar planetary systems confined to what would be the realm of the terrestrial planets in our solar system.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
If the triple scalar product of vectors u, v, and w is zero, then the vectors are coplanar.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Are the vectors a = i + j − k, b = i − j + k, and c = i + j + k coplanar?
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Note also that two parallel lines l and m are not coplanar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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