What is a block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate called?
plane — (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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