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Meaning of planar

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

planar

Pronunciation:/ˈpleɪnə//ˈpleɪnɚ/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a plane.

    Example: A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.

  2. Flat, two-dimensional.

  3. (of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.

    Example: A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.

  4. (transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.