Banding plane () A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work. |
Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. |
Convexo-plane (a.) Convex on one side, and flat on the other |
Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization. |
Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like |
Crystal (n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass. |
Crystal (n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case. |
Crystal (n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. |
Crystal (a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal |
Mirror (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum |
Mirror (n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen |
Mirror (n.) See Speculum. |
Mirror (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror. |
Plane (n.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. |
Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions |
Plane (a.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface |
Plane (a.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve |
Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness |
Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings |
Plane (a.) To make smooth |
Plane (a.) To efface or remove. |
Plane (a.) Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. |
Plane-parallel (a.) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass. |
Plane table () See under Plane, a. |
Plane tree () Same as 1st Plane. |
Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. |
Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below. |
Reflection (n.) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it |
Reflection (n.) Shining |
Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection. |
Reflection (n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface |
Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle |
Reflection (n.) Result of meditation |
Reflection (n.) Censure |
Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex. |
Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. |