Planar is an adjective meaning "relating to a
plane (geometry)".
Planar may also refer to:
Science and technology
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Planar (computer graphics), computer graphics pixel information from several bitplanes
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Planar (transmission line technologies)
Planar transmission lines are transmission lines with conductors, or in some cases dielectric (insulating) strips, that are flat, ribbon-shaped lines. They are used to interconnect components on printed circuits and integrated circuits working ...
, transmission lines with flat conductors
* Planar, the structure resulting from the
planar process
The planar process is a manufacturing process used in the semiconductor industry to build individual components of a transistor, and in turn, connect those transistors together. It is the primary process by which silicon integrated circuit chips a ...
used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, such as planar transistors
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Planar graph
In graph theory, a planar graph is a graph that can be embedded in the plane, i.e., it can be drawn on the plane in such a way that its edges intersect only at their endpoints. In other words, it can be drawn in such a way that no edges cross ...
, graph that can be drawn in the plane so that no edges cross
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Planar mechanism, a system of parts whose motion is constrained to a two-dimensional plane
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Planar Systems, an Oregon-headquartered manufacturer of digital displays
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Zeiss Planar, photographic lens designed by Paul Rudolph at Carl Zeiss in 1896
See also
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List of planar symmetry groups
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Planarity, a computer puzzle game
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Plane (disambiguation)
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Planer (disambiguation) The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry, carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools.
*Plane (tool), a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood
*Thickness planer (North Ameri ...
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