How to Use planar in a Sentence
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The graph is also planar, meaning it can be drawn so no edges cross.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
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Even the TurtleBot 3 is $600, and only comes with a planar lidar.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2023
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In other places, however, the Inca built in a polygonal style, in which the sides of the rocks are planar to ensure tight joints.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021
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Water oozes and trickles and puddles up through the steamy, planar landscape.
—By Michael Browning, miamiherald, 25 Aug. 2015
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Shaping and sizing the winglet properly is crucial to getting a vortex away from the flat, planar part of the wing Clark says.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2020
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Pratt believes his team can make a leggy, planar robo-bird that outruns an ostrich.
—David Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2019
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As Numberphile illustrates, the trick is to change the shape of your gears so have anything but flat, circular, planar ones.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2016
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But in some cases, the embedding of a graph itself might be disguising a way the edge could be inserted in planar fashion.
—Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2021
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The book imagines two-dimensional beings living on a planar world that has only length and width.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
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Remarkably small and lightweight for a set of planar magnetics.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2016
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Finally, be sure to look at the weight of the headphones, as planar magnetic models are often heavier than dynamic headphones.
—Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2022
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When adding a new edge to a planar graph is required, there are two scenarios: There is a safe way to add the edge, possibly after modifying the drawing, or no drawing admitting the edge exists.
—Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2021
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Conventional electronics are all built on the planar rigid surfaces of silicon wafers.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2011
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The use of planar magnetic drivers coupled with a custom fit should produce an exceptionally smooth sound.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 May 2022
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But, rather than being a completely flat, planar molecule, these materials have a somewhat more complex arrangement of atoms, with some slightly above or below a plane running through the center of the sheet.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018
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The operator specifies a goal location in the world, which is modeled as planar regions using the robot’s perception sensors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 July 2019
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Edifier is an audio brand that’s been making a name for itself lately with an excellent range of wireless speakers and even a pair of planar magnetic wireless headphones.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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Blue, famous for its line of podcast microphones, hopes to make planar magnetic technology less intimidating with its Ella headphones (buy here).
—Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 20 July 2017
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His theory came from an observation of the planar transistor—designed in 1957 by Fairchild physicist Jean Hoerni, in which the oxide layer is left in place on a silicon wafer to protect the sensitive semiconductor materials underneath.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2023
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Examples include desktop motion blur, planar reflections, multiple shadows, and more.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 4 Dec. 2019
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Tiffany divided my training program into phases, starting with relearning basic movements with proper form, and gradually moving up to multi-planar functional movements focused on control and balance.
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 3 Feb. 2022
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To start, the Solitaire P employs a planar-magnetic transducer, which uses a thin-film diaphragm driven by a strong magnetic field, a technology T+A considers inherently superior to dynamic transducers.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2022
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This style of headphone, which is generally quite expensive, uses planar magnetic drivers—sometimes called isodynamic or orthodynamic drivers—to produce audio.
—Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2022
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