Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ship-building, a plane passing through a vessel when afloat, on a level with the surface of the water.
- noun The irregular surface of the underground water usually forming an inclined plane toward the sea or other system of drainage.
- noun The level which marks the height of a body of water and often is indicated, after the water's departure, by beaches. Such water-planes may afterward be tilted by earth-movements.
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Examples
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Despite its less than streamlined appearance, the Goya's design enjoyed significantly less water-plane area, resulting in increased stability.
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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When Lieutenant PORTE's water-plane, "The America," refused to rise, he should have tried changing its name to "The South America."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Various
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He avowed himself to have been a bargee in the earth-plane -- should one say the water-plane?
Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Charles Maurice Davies 1869
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Despite its less than streamlined appearance, the Goya’s design enjoyed significantly less water-plane area, resulting in increased stability.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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