Plane

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A plane is a flat surface with limitless area. It takes only three points to determine a plane, but they must be non-collinear, i.e., they can't all be on the same line.

Mathematically, a plane takes the form Ax + By + Cz = Ax0 + By0 + Cz0, where the point (x0, y0, z0) is in the plane, and the three-dimensional vector <A, B, C> is normal (also orthogonal or perpendicular) to the plane.

When the principle of a plane is extended into higher dimensions, it is known as a hyperplane.

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