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Plot and Section

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 self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical. )
    • usage: "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
  • A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope.
    • usage: "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
  • A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people.
    • usage: "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
  • One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object.
    • usage: "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
  • A small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon.
  • One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
    • usage: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
  • A land unit equal to 1 square mile.
  • Geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid.
  • A small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately.
    • usage: "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"
  • A division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class.
  • A small army unit usually having a special function.
  • A specialized division of a large organization.
    • usage: "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
  • A segment of a citrus fruit.
    • usage: "he ate a section of the orange"
  • The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation.

verb

  • Divide into segments.
    • usage: "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

Identifies the third highest level in the formal City organization in which a specific activity is carried out; a division may consist of several' Section's.

(DoD) An area in a warehouse extending from one wall to the next; usually the largest subdivision of one floor.
(DoD) A tactical unit of the Army and Marine Corps. A section is smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. In some organizations the section, rather than the squad, is the basic tactical unit.
(DoD) A subdivision of an office, installation, territory, works, or organization; especially a major subdivision of a staff.
(DoD) As applied to ships or naval aircraft, a tactical subdivision of a division. It is normally one-half of a division in the case of ships, and two aircraft in the case of aircraft.