plot

plot
The scheme of a dramatic or literary work. An area of ground marked off. A diagram.

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  • plot — plot …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Plot’s — Plot s! Entwickler mhs Studio (Maik Heinzig) Publisher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • plot — [ plo ] n. m. • 1890; techn. 1765; « billot » 1290; crois. lat. plautus « plat » avec germ. blok 1 ♦ Pièce métallique permettant d établir un contact, une connexion électrique. Les plots d un commutateur, d un billard électrique. ♢ Télédétect.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • plot# — plot n 1 *plan, design, scheme, project Analogous words: *chart, map, graph 2 Plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal are comparable when they mean a secret plan devised to entrap or ensnare others. Plot implies careful planning of details …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Plot — Plot, n. [Abbrev. from complot.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plot — PLOT, ploturi, s.n. 1. Piesă de contact electric constituită dintr un cilindru sau dintr o prismă metalică, fixată într o placă de material electroizolant sau pe suprafaţa acesteia, legată la un circuit electric. 2. Placă turnantă la încrucişarea …   Dicționar Român

  • plot — [plät] n. [ME < OE, piece of land: some meanings infl. by COMPLOT] 1. a small area of ground marked off for some special use [garden plot, cemetery plot] 2. a chart or diagram, as of a building or estate 3. [short for COMPLOT] a secret,… …   English World dictionary

  • Plot — may refer to: * Plot (narrative), the order of events in a narrative or any other type of story. **Plot device, an element introduced into a story solely to advance or resolve the plot of the story * a conspiracy * a chart or diagram * the output …   Wikipedia

  • plot — [n1] plan, scheme artifice, booby trap*, cabal, collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, design, device, fix, frame, frame up*, game, intrigue, little game*, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup …   New thesaurus

  • Plot — Plot, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. {Plat} a piece of ground.] 1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surv.) A plan or draught… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • płot — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. płocie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} ogrodzenie uniemożliwiające przejście; najczęściej zbudowane z wbitych w ziemię słupów połączonych poprzecznymi żerdziami, do których przymocowane są deski, paliki itp.; parkan …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

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