plot
(plŏt)
[Middle English, from Old English.]
noun
- A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
- A measured area of land; a lot.
- A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
- See graph1
- The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama.
- A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
verb: plot·ted, plot·ting, plots.
transitive verb
- To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.
- Mathematics
- To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
- To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
- To conceive and arrange the action and incidents of: “I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read” (James Baldwin)
- To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.
intransitive verb
- To be located by means of coordinates, as on a chart or with data.
- To form or take part in a plot; scheme.
derivatives
- plot́less
- adjective
- plot́less·ness
- noun
graph
1 (grăf)
[Short for graphic formula.]
noun
- A diagram that exhibits a relationship, often functional, between two sets of numbers as a set of points having coordinates determined by the relationship. Also called plot
- A pictorial device, such as a pie chart or bar graph, used to illustrate quantitative relationships. Also called chart
transitive verb: graphed, graph·ing, graphs.
- To represent by a graph.
- To plot (a function) on a graph.
