Area and Plot

noun

• A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography. )
  • usage: "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
  • synonyms: country
• A subject of study.
  • usage: "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
• A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
  • usage: "in the abdominal region"
  • synonyms: region
• A particular environment or walk of life.
  • usage: "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
  • synonyms: sphere, domain, orbit, field, arena
• A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.
  • usage: "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
• The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.
  • usage: "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
  • synonyms: expanse, surface area

• (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
• (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
• (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
• (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
• (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
• (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
• (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) 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.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) 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.