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Plot and Route

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

  • An established line of travel or access.
  • An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.

verb

  • Send documents or materials to appropriate destinations.
  • Send via a specific route.
  • Divert in a specified direction.
    • usage: "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"
(n.) The course or way which is traveled or passed or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
(DoD, NATO) The prescribed course to be traveled from a specific point of origin to a specific destination. See also axial route; controlled route; dispatch route; lateral route; reserved route; supervised route.