Found 2 hits - Term: plane problem, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plane \plane\, a. l. planus: cf. f. plan. see plan, a.
without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying
in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
1913 webster
note: in science, this word instead of plain is almost
exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface.
1913 webster
plane angle, the angle included between two straight lines
in a plane.
plane chart, plane curve. see under chart and curve.
plane figure, a figure all points of which lie in the same
plane. if bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear
plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane
figure.
plane geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the
relations and properties of plane figures.
plane problem, a problem which can be solved geometrically
by the aid of the right line and circle only.
plane sailing naut., the method of computing a ship's
place and course on the supposition that the earth's
surface is a plane.
plane scale naut., a scale for the use of navigators, on
which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants,
rhumbs, geographical miles, etc.
plane surveying, surveying in which the curvature of the
earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical
surveying of tracts of moderate extent.
plane table, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a
survey on paper in the field.
plane trigonometry, the branch of trigonometry in which its
principles are applied to plane triangles.
1913 webster
see also:
plan plane angle plane chart plane curve chart curve
plane figure plane geometry plane problem plane sailing plane scale
plane surveying plane table plane trigonometry
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
problem \prob"lem\, n. f. probl`eme, l. problema, fr. gr. ?
anything thrown forward, a question proposed for solution,
fr. ? to throw or lay before; ? before, forward + ? to throw.
cf. parable.
1913 webster
1. a question proposed for solution; a matter stated for
examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of
solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question
involving doubt. --bacon.
1913 webster
2. math. anything which is required to be done; as, in
geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or,
in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.
1913 webster
note: problem differs from theorem in this, that a problem is
something to be done, as to bisect a triangle, to
describe a circle, etc.; a theorem is something to be
proved, as that all the angles of a triangle are equal
to two right angles.
1913 webster
plane problem geom., a problem that can be solved by the
use of the rule and compass.
solid problem geom., a problem requiring in its geometric
solution the use of a conic section or higher curve.
1913 webster problematic
see also:
parable plane problem solid problem
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Health Problem, definition of term: Health Problem
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