deplanate

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adjective

Flattened; made level or even.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivedeplanate (comparative more deplanate, superlative most deplanate)

comparative more deplanate · superlative most deplanate

  1. biologyFlattened; made level or even.

Origin

  1. Late Latindēplanātus
  2. Englishdeplanate

First attested in 1884; borrowed from Late Latin dēplanātus, perfect passive participle of dēplanō (“to make level”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

deplanate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplanate

MLA

“deplanate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplanate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deplanate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplanate.

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