planar
Example Sentences
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This implies that these stars formed out of planar gas disks, just like the planets in the Solar system plane or the stars in the Milky Way disk.
From Scientific American
This planar algebra enabled Jones and others to discover otherwise elusive mathematical relationships.
From Nature
The part of our galaxy interior to our sun has a very thin and nearly flat planar shape.
From Scientific American
Musk also explained the Cybertruck’s “planar” design was largely due to the company’s inability to stamp the ultra-hard stainless steel body panels into shapes without breaking a stamping press.
From Fox News
For example, the pattern shown here can represent a planar sound wave, where the height of the surface indicates compression as a function of position and time.
From Scientific American
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