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plane

flat, infinite two-dimensional surface
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plane
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Summary

plane is a geometric concept[1]. plane draws 2,080 Wikipedia views per month (geometric concept category, ranking #7 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hyperplane[3], locus[4], dimensional entity[5], geometric primitive[6], two-dimensional space[7], surface[8]
  • Part of: three-dimensional space[9]
  • Commons category: Euclidean planes[10]
  • Has part(s): line[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
  • Different from: Płaszczyzna[14], projective plane[15], elliptic plane[16], Euclidean plane[17], hyperbolic plane[18]
  • Studied by: solid geometry[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[21]

Why It Matters

plane has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] plane is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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