planate

planate
adjective
having been flattened
Syn: ↑flattened
Similar to: ↑planar, ↑two-dimensional

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I. \\ˈplāˌnāt\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin planatus, past participle of planare to flatten, level, from Latin planus flat — more at floor

recognizes that there is a planate bedrock surface beneath the gravels — K.M.Hussey

II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: back-formation from planation
: to erode to a plain : plane

former low domes were planated by wave erosion — Journal of Geology

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/play"nayt/, adj.
having a plane or flat surface.
[ < LL planatus, ptp. of planare to make smooth. See PLANE2, -ATE1]

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