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Plot and Grid

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"
  • A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
    • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar 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.
  • Make a plat of.
    • usage: "Plat the town"
  • Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
    • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"
(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.

noun

  • A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines.
  • A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
  • A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material.
  • An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube.
  • A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat.
Grid is a feminine given name
  • Norse: A wife of Odin
  • Norse Mythology: Means "peace" in Old Norse
(DoD) A term used in giving the location of a geographic point by grid coordinates. See also military grid; military grid reference system.
(DoD) Two sets of parallel lines intersecting at right angles and forming squares; the grid is superimposed on maps, charts, and other similar representations of the Earth's surface in an accurate and consistent manner in order to permit identification of ground locations with respect to other locations and the computation of direction and distance to other points.