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multiplane

British  
/ ˈmʌltɪˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. an aircraft that has more than one pair of wings Compare monoplane

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The paper highlights a growing set of powerful tools, including on-chip integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, and multiplane light conversion.

From Science Daily Feb. 26, 2026

Disney and his team developed a multiplane camera that created the illusion of depth, so audiences could feel as if they were moving through a scene as the background perspective changed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2026

“Russian Doll” is a beautiful puzzle piece, a circular, multiplane, existential mystery-comedy set in the villages of Lower Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2021

It has the most memorable art in the NES library, from the exaggerated Kabuki stylings of Piston Honda’s I’ve-just-been-punched face to the gorgeous multiplane side-scrolling of the training sequence that plays every few bouts.

From Slate Oct. 16, 2020

A similar arrangement of three planes, one above the other, could be called a triplane and one of several planes a multiplane.

From Story of the Aeroplane by C. B. (Charles Burleigh) Galbreath

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