planum
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- noun
- /ˈplænəm/
- Specialized
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planum
- Meridiani planum is characterized by its extensive flat plains, making it an ideal site for examination.
- Lakshmi Planum
Examples
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The researchers published their findings about the mineral composition of Meridiani planum on Mars.
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There are two very large volcanoes on Lakshmi Planum.
Academic text (1991) -
His estate covered an area of the Lunae Planum about the size of Texas.
Fiction book (2002) -
But the air on high Sinai Planum, at five millibars, was too thin to worry about most of the time.
Fiction book (1993) -
They finally found DALI, deep in the desert of the Lunae Planum.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ishtar's western half is an elevated plain, the Lakshmi Planum, which stands about a mile above the average elevation of Venus, and is a very smooth highland.
Academic text (1991) -
At one point, between the Danu Montes and Maxwell Montes, Lakshmi Planum isn't bounded by mountains.
Academic text (1991) -
Opportunity's scientists are looking to record all the data needed to straighten out the "stratigraphy issue," as Squyres called it, at Whim Creek and Meridiani Planum.
Blog text (4) -
It was already night on the broad rolling plain of Lunae Planum, yet Possum Craig was still driving the old rover cautiously, at a mere ten kilometers per hour.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many scientists are interested in the geological features of the vast Lunae planum on the surface of Venus.
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Etymology
Planum comes from the Latin word planus, which means 'flat' or 'level'. Think of English words like plain and plane — a planetary planum is simply a broad, flat plain or plateau on a planet or moon.