Meanings
nouncoplanarity (countable and uncountable, plural coplanarities)
plural coplanarities · alternative co-planarity
- countableuncountableusually linesgeometryThe state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
- countableuncountableastronomyThe state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
Gliese 876 affords us by far our most detailed and accurate map of any extrasolar planetary system in the solar neighborhood, and […] it is reassuring to see a kinship in the most fundamental property of system coplanarity.
2009 January 9, Robert Naeye, “Exoplanets' Dance Reveals They're Coplanar”, in skyandtelescope.com, retrieved 09 Jan 2009
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Englishplanar
- Englishcoplanar
- Englishcoplanarity
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 共面
- 共面 (gòngmiàn)state or characteristic of being within the same plane
Finnish koplanaarisuus, samantasoisuus
- koplanaarisuusstate or characteristic of being within the same plane
- samantasoisuusstate or characteristic of being within the same plane
French coplanarité
- coplanaritéstate or characteristic of being within the same plane
Japanese 共面
- 共面 (kyōmen)state or characteristic of being within the same plane
Polish współpłaszczyznowość
- współpłaszczyznowośćstate or characteristic of being within the same plane
Cite this entry
APA
coplanarity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coplanarity
MLA
“coplanarity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coplanarity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coplanarity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coplanarity.
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