What is "plane table"

Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See Plan, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface.

Plane angle, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane.

Plane chart, Plane curve. See under Chart and Curve.

Plane figure, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure.

Plane geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures.

Plane problem, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only.

Plane sailing (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane.

Plane scale (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc.

Plane surveying, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent.

Plane table, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field.

Plane trigonometry, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles.

Plane table \Plane" ta`ble\ See under Plane, a.

n. (context cartography English) A particular kind of instrument used by surveyors in mapmaking.

n. surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details

Plane Table is a distinctive ice free mesa in the north part of the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. This flattish feature surmounts the area between Nibelungen Valley and the Sykes Glacier and commands an extensive view of Wright Valley. A descriptive name given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC).

Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Named in 1997 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Plane Table.

Category:Mesas of Antarctica Category:Glaciers of Victoria Land Category:Landforms of Victoria Land Category:McMurdo Dry Valleys