plane table

US: (plān′tā′bəl)

Inflections of 'plane table' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

plane-tables

v 3rd person singular

plane-tabling

v pres p

plane-tabled

v past

plane-tabled

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

plane′ ta′ble, [Survey.]

1. Surveying a drawing board mounted on a tripod, used in the field, with an alidade, for surveying tracts of land.

Also, plain table. 

• 1600–10

plane-ta•ble  (plān′tā′bəl), v.t., v.i., -bled, -bling. 

1. Surveying to survey with a plane table.

• 1870–75

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plane table noun

1. a surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board mounted on adjustable legs, and used in the field for plotting measurements directly