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Noun: picture plane  pik-chur pleyn
  1. The plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
    "In perspective drawing, objects appear smaller as they recede from the picture plane"

Derived forms: picture planes

Type of: plane, sheet

Part of: perspective

Encyclopedia: Picture plane