planate

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Adjective

1. flat, flattened. Resembling a plane, or otherwise planar.

Noun

planate (plural planates)

1. (entomology, geography) flat or flattened area.

   This species has several distinctively coloured planates across the head.

   The planate, measuring several kilometres across, was formed by wind erosion.

Related terms

• plane
• planar

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