- indicating flatness or planeness: plano-concave
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plano-, (sometimes before a vowel) plan- combining form
pla•no
(plā′nō),USA pronunciation adj.
Pla•no (plā′nō),USA pronunciation n.
plano-1 ,
[esp. before a vowel,] plan-.
plano-2 ,
- Ophthalmologypertaining to eyeglasses that do not contain a curvature for correcting vision defects:plano sunglasses.
- independent use of plano-1 1945–50
Pla•no (plā′nō),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa town in N Texas. 72,331.
plano-1 ,
- a combining form meaning "flat,'' "plane,'' used in the formation of compound words:planography.
[esp. before a vowel,] plan-.
- combining form representing Latin plānus level, plānum level ground
plano-2 ,
- a combining form meaning "moving,'' "capable of movement,'' used in the formation of compound words:planogamete.
- combining form representing Greek plános wandering, roaming. See planet
'plano-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bull's-eye
- plano-concave
- plano-convex
- Altiplano
- convexo-plane
- de plano
- fisheye lens
- Huygens eyepiece
- plan
- plani-
- plano
- planoblast
- planogamete
- planograph
- planography
- planometer
- planospore
- Ramsden eyepiece