n. & v.
--n.
1. a defined and usu. small piece of ground.
2 the interrelationship of the main events in a play, novel, film, etc.
3 a conspiracy or secret plan, esp. to achieve an unlawful end.
4 esp. US a graph or diagram.
5 a graph showing the relation between two variables.
--v. (plotted, plotting) tr.
1. make a plan or map of (an existing object, a place or thing to be laid out, constructed, etc.).
2 (also absol.) plan or contrive secretly (a crime, conspiracy, etc.).
3 mark (a point or course etc.) on a chart or diagram.
4 a mark out or allocate (points) on a graph. b make (a curve etc.) by marking out a number of points.
Derivatives:
plotless adj. plotlessness n. plotter n.
Etymology: OE and f. OF complot secret plan: both of unkn. orig.