To plan a navigation course using a chart.

1580s, "to lay plans for" (usually with evil intent); 1590s in the literal sense of "to make a map or diagram," from plot (n.). Related: Plotted; plotter; plotting.

Old English plot "small piece of ground," of unknown origin. Sense of "ground plan," and thus "map, chart" is 1550s; that of "a secret, plan, scheme" is 1580s, [..]

to place points on a coordinate plane, graph or map. • name of a diagram or graph using plotted points.

secret plan or scheme.

story or action of a book or movie.

to form a path based on calculations.

The structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction. In order for a plot to begin, some sort of catalyst is necessary. While the temporal order of events in the work constitutes [..]

means two or more adjoining graves, crypts, or niches.

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game fr [..]

a small piece of land. The same word also means the main happenings in a play or story. Sometimes it means a wicked or evil plan, like the Gunpowder Plot

The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict

the arrangement of the action. The five main parts or phases of plot are exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and conclusion or resolution. See also subplot, overplot.

The chronological arrangement of incidents in a narrative Realism Artists and industrialization • what subject matter should be • who the audience should be • what materials, techniques to use Counterpoint to romanticism Focus on “truth” rather than the “fantastic, historical, remote, idealized, [..]

The arrangement of actions in a particular (usually narrative) work of literature. Click here for more details. I have also dealt with the plot in chapter 6 of my Narrative Theory web-book.

In a literary fiction work, “plot” refers to the events, the order in which they occur, and the relationship of the events to each other.

 An author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus. Discussions of plot include not just what happens, but also how and why things happen the way they do. Stories that are written in a pyramidal pattern divide the plot into three essential parts. The first part is the ri [..]

 – the sequence of events in the main action in a piece of literature

the main story or scheme of connected events running through a play or novel

The sequence of narrated events that form a story.

To draw or graph a point on a number line or on a coordinate plane.

To produce an image by drawing lines. You can program a computer to plot images on a display screen or on paper.

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The organization of incidents or episodes in a narrative work (novel, short story, play, motion picture) in a sequence that unfolds to the reader or viewer the relationship between character and event [..]

A specific area of ground in a cemetery owned by a family or individual. A plot usually contains two or more graves. PREARRANGED FUNERAL

(n) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)(n) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation(n) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.(n) a [..]

in a theatrical sense, does not only mean the incidents which lead to the development of a play, but half a dozen other things; thus, the “scene plot” is a list of the various scenes [..]

to find a ship's actual or intended course or mark a fix on a chart

The story or main idea

Basic layout or path of the story.

The events of a film as they are linked in a relationship of cause and effect by the narrator to involve the audience and maintain its interest.

To draw lines on a chart indicating bearings, courses and positions.

A diagram for solving navigational or tactical problems. True Plot: A plot in which own ship's movement through the water is depicted to scale and other ships' movements are found by periodi [..]

Drawing a boat's course on a nautical chart; as in: We plot our course before we set out.

To mark a course on a chart.

To mark a course on a chart.

To mark a course on a chart.

A specific piece of ground located in a cemetery which is owned by a family or an individual. It is used to bury the casketed body or urn containing cremated remains

a the direction of a story's main events and incidents and how they relate to one another.

An instrument used for plotting straight lines and measuring angles on a chart or plotting sheet. See also PROTRACTOR.

The story that unfolds during an adventure. In RPGs, the plot can start out one way and wind up somewhere very different because of the actions of the PCs.

refers to the overall storyline, plan, or scheme within the narrative of a fanfiction story. May include action, mystery, suspense, romance, humour, be cracky or totally serious, etc... whatever eleme [..]

In a field study, a group of trees, all from the same entry (family, clone, provenance . . .) planted together (usually). (See block and randomized-block design.)

In a field study, a group of trees, all from the same entry (family, clone, provenance . . .) planted together. A five-tree row-plot is probably the most common design for forest genetics experiments. (See block and randomized-block design.)

In a field study, a group of trees, all from the same entry (family, clone, provenance . . .) planted in the same block, but not planted together. The non-contiguous interlocked-plot design is a recent innovation that allows tests to be thinned systematically and still maintaining uniform spacing. (See block and randomized-block design.)

the events or actions in a work of literature.  Not all works of literature have "plots," but those which do either operate as a narrative "telling" or merely imply [..]

A plot is the basic observation unit in forest sampling = observational unit. The population is imagined to consist of a certain number of plots. A plot is selected according to the defined sampling d [..]

A simple word for a simple idea. What happens in the story?Plot refers to the events, scenes, and actions that make up a narrative in a work of literature. Need we say more? Nah, we didn't think [..]