plot

(plŏt)
n.

1. 1. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
   2. A measured area of land; a lot.
2. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
3. See graph¹ (sense 1).
4. The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama.
5. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

v., plot·ted, plot·ting, plots.

v.tr.

1. To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.
2. Mathematics.
   1. To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
   2. To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
3. To conceive and arrange the action and incidents of: "I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).
4. To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.

v.intr.

1. To be located by means of coordinates, as on a chart or with data.
2. To form or take part in a plot; scheme.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

plotless plot'less adj.
plotlessness plot'less·ness n.

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1. piece of land.
See also plot plan.


2. scheme, possibly with sinister motives.


3. preparing charts or graphs of business matters, possibly aided by a computer output device called a plotter.

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noun

1. A piece of land: lot, parcel, tract. See territory.
2. The series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition: story, story line. See happen, words.
3. A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: cabal, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme. See crimes, planned/unplanned.

verb

1. To show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates: chart, lay out, map (out). See show/hide.
2. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, intrigue, machinate, scheme. See crimes, planned/unplanned.

v

Definition: plan, scheme
Antonyms: forget, neglect

n. 1. a map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.

2.

a. the representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angle and distances from positions.

b. the location of a position on a map or a chart.

3. the visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.

4. a portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs.

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plot, the pattern of events and situations in a narrative or dramatic work, as selected and arranged both to emphasize relationships—usually of cause and effect—between incidents and to elicit a particular kind of interest in the reader or audience, such as surprise or suspense. Although in a loose sense the term commonly refers to that sequence of chief events which can be summarized from a story or play, modern criticism often makes a stricter distinction between the plot of a work and its story: the plot is the selected version of events as presented to the reader or audience in a certain order and duration, whereas the story is the full sequence of events as we imagine them to have taken place in their ‘natural’ order and duration. The story, then, is the hypothetical ‘raw material’ of events which we reconstruct from the finished product of the plot. The critical discussion of plots originates in Aristotle's Poetics (4th century BCE), in which his term mythos corresponds roughly with our ‘plot’. Aristotle saw plot as more than just the arrangement of incidents: he assigned to plot the most important function in a drama, as a governing principle of development and coherence to which other elements (including character) must be subordinated. He insisted that a plot should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and that its events should form a coherent whole. Plots vary in form from the fully integrated or ‘tightly knit’ to the loosely episodic. In general, though, most plots will trace some process of change in which characters are caught up in a developing conflict that is finally resolved. See also intrigue, subplot.

1. A parcel of land consisting of one or more lots or portions thereof, which is described by reference to a recorded plat or by survey.
2. A small area of ground.

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The organization of events in a work of fiction.

(DOD, NATO) 1. Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort. 2. Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart. 3. The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time. 4. A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

i. A visual display (e.g., on radar, of an aerial object at a particular time). See plotting board.
ii. The portion of a map or an overlay showing outlines of areas covered by reconnaissance or survey photographs.
iii. A graphical construction of vectors for solving navigational problems such as plotting the triangle of velocities.



iv. Graphical representation of two or more variables on two-dimensional surface. See plot (iii).
v. A map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
vi. The progress of an aircraft over time as marked on a chart.

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noun
noun, RAF

A group of enemy aircraft as seen on a radar screen. (1943 — 59).

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1. a diagram showing the relationship between two or more variables.
2. to construct such a plot.

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For a list of words related to plot, see:

• Seamanship and Port - plot: (vb) plan course on map or chart
• Farming and Crops - plot: small planted area of land
• Devices, Techniques, and Elements - plot: plan or main story of work; story line
• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - plot: arrangement of narrative events in play or plan of lighting design
• Building Construction and Design - plot: piece of land with specific dimensions for construction
• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - plot: secret plan, usu. for evil or unlawful end; intrigue
• Burial and Funerals - plot: individual burial site in cemetery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jordlod, kort, intrige, sammensværgelse
v. tr. - kortlægge, udstykke, pønse på, planlægge, lægge råd op
v. intr. - konspirere

idioms:

• plot out    lave en handling
• the plot thickens    situationen begynder at blive mere indviklet

Nederlands (Dutch)
stuk grond, perceel, kavel, handeling, verhaallijn, intrige, complot, grafiek, een grafiek maken, gegevens uitzetten, coördinaten bepalen, complotteren, ontwerpen

Français (French)
n. - complot, conspiration, (Cin, Littérat) intrigue, (Agric, Hort) parcelle, carré (de légumes), (Constr) terrain à bâtir, concession funéraire
v. tr. - comploter, fomenter, relever (qch) sur une carte, tracer (qch) sur une carte, (Math, Stat) tracer (qch) point par point, reporter (des chiffres), (Littérat) inventer (une histoire)
v. intr. - conspirer (contre)

idioms:

• plot out    conspirer, comploter
• the plot thickens    l'affaire se corse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stück Land, Komplott, Verschwörung, Handlung, Plan
v. - planen, einzeichen, kartieren, intrigieren

idioms:

• plot out    abstecken
• the plot thickens    die Angelegenheit kompliziert sich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλοκή, υπόθεση (έργου κ.λπ.), σκευωρία, συνωμοσία, αγροτεμάχιο, κομμάτι γης, οικόπεδο, χωράφι, γραφική απεικόνιση, αποτύπωση, τοπογραφικό σχέδιο
v. - αποτυπώνω (τοπογραφικώς), χαράσσω (ρότα κ.λπ.), σχεδιάζω, κάνω διάγραμμα, συνωμοτώ, μηχανορραφώ, απεργάζομαι

idioms:

• plot out    μοιράζω (γη) σε τεμάχια, προδιαγράφω πορεία, σχεδιάζω με κάθε λεπτομέρεια
• the plot thickens    το μυστήριο πυκνώνει, η κατάσταση περιπλέκεται

Italiano (Italian)
escogitare, complottare, tramare, appezzamento, complotto, trama

idioms:

• plot out    disegnare
• the plot thickens    l'intreccio si complica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - enredo (m), plano (m), gráfico (m), pedaço de terra (m), mapa (m)
v. - conspirar, colocar em forma de gráfico, levantar a planta, lotear

idioms:

• plot out    esboçar, desenhar
• the plot thickens    o enredo torna-se mais interessante

Русский (Russian)
замышлять, планировать, участок, заговор, сюжет

idioms:

• plot out    разбивать
• the plot thickens    становится интересным, дело запутывается

Español (Spanish)
n. - parcela, lote, complot, conspiración, conjura, trama, argumento
v. tr. - trazar, idear, complotar, conspirar, conjurar
v. intr. - conspirar, conjurar, intrigar, maquinar

idioms:

• plot out    diseñar o trazar el plano de, urdir la trama (de una novela, etc.)
• the plot thickens    la cosa se complica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jordbit, täppa, (byggnads)tomt, (grav)plats, plan(karta), diagram, skiss, komplott, intrig, handling
v. - kartlägga, markera, lägga ut, stycka upp i tomter, konspirera, anstifta, planera, lägga upp handlingen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小块土地, 图, 地区图, 划分, 密谋, 绘图, 策划

idioms:

• plot out    划分
• the plot thickens    情节变复杂了

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小塊土地, 圖, 地區圖
v. tr. - 劃分, 密謀, 繪圖
v. intr. - 密謀, 策劃

idioms:

• plot out    劃分
• the plot thickens    情節變複雜了

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 음모, 줄거리
v. tr. - 몰래 꾸미다, 줄거리를 짜다
v. intr. - 작당하다, 음모하다

idioms:

• plot out    줄거리를 짜다, 구상하다
• the plot thickens    사건이 재미있게 되어 간다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陰謀, 筋, 見取り図, 小区画の地所
v. - 企む, 計画する, 陰謀を企てる, 図面を作る, 地図に書き込む, 筋を立てる, 区画する, 構想を練る

idioms:

• plot out    区分する
• the plot thickens    話が込み入る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قطعه أرض, خريطه, حبكه في قصه, مكيدة, مؤامرة (فعل) يدبر مكيدة, يحيك, يتآمر على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלקה, מגרש, עלילת-סיפור, קנוניה, מפה, קשר, תרשים, עקומה המראה את הקשר בין שני משתנים‬
v. tr. - ‮מפה, קשר, תרשים, עקומה המראה את הקשר בין שני משתנים, תכנן, תרשם, רקם עלילה, עשה קנוניה, התווה, מיפה‬
v. intr. - ‮זמם‬

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