plane

tool for cutting chips of controllable thickness from a material, thereby smoothing a surface or adjusting the thickness of a workpiece
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plane

Summary

plane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plane is a type of hand tool[2].
  • plane is a type of woodworking tool[3].
  • plane's Commons category is recorded as Planes (tools)[4].
  • plane comprises plane iron[5].
  • plane comprises sole[6].
  • plane comprises chip breaker[7].
  • plane's source of energy is recorded as human energy[8].
  • plane's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Planes[9].
  • plane's Commons gallery is recorded as Plane (tool)[10].
  • plane's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • plane's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • plane's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • plane's used by is recorded as joiner[14].
  • plane's MCN code is recorded as 8205.30.00[15].
  • plane's uses is recorded as planing[16].
  • plane's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hand tool[2] and woodworking tool[3].

Use and Application

Components include plane iron[5], sole[6], and chip breaker[7]. plane's used by is recorded as joiner[14].

Why It Matters

plane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[1] plane has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] plane is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . paulsellers.com. Retrieved . paulsellers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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