complanation
(kɒmpləˈneɪʃən)
[ad. L. complānātiōn-em, n. of action f. complānāre: see complanate v.]
Making plane or level, flattening out; spec. in Math., the reduction of a curved surface to an equivalent plane area.
| 1695 Phil. Trans. XIX. 74 The Rectification and Complanation of Curve Lines and Surfaces. 1761 Nicholls ibid. LII. 272 Preventing the right auricle from being stretched by the depressions (or complanations) of the diaphragm. 1816 Edin. Rev. XVI. 96 The cubature and complanation of solids. 1850 Dana Geol. vii. 370 It was once a crater of elevation..it is now a crater of complanation. |