planar
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The part of our galaxy interior to our sun has a very thin and nearly flat planar shape.
From Scientific American
Musk also explained the Cybertruck’s “planar” design was largely due to the company’s inability to stamp the ultra-hard stainless steel body panels into shapes without breaking a stamping press.
From Fox News
For example, the pattern shown here can represent a planar sound wave, where the height of the surface indicates compression as a function of position and time.
From Scientific American
The outcoupling problem is that the optical physics of planar diodes causes 70–80% of the light generated by the semiconductor to be trapped in the device.
From Nature
The situation is compounded by the fact that slip estimates invariably assume that slip occurs on faults that are planar or composed of multiple planes.
From Nature
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