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Definition of Plots

Plot
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. 2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
Plot
Plot Plot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plotting.] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. --Carew.
Plot
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 Plot. I have overheard a plot of death. --Shak. O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods! --Addison. 2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.] And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce. --Milton. 3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] ``A man of much plot.' --Denham. 4. A plan; a purpose. ``No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls.' --Jer. Taylor. 5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before. --Pope. Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance.
Plot
Plot Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. ``Plotting an unprofitable crime.' --Dryden. ``Plotting now the fall of others.' --Milton
Plot
Plot Plot (pl[o^]t), v. i. 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. --Shak. The wicked plotteth against the just. --Ps. xxxvii. 12. 2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. --Sir H. Wotton.

Meaning of Plots from wikipedia

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- classical box plot have been developed, and the two most commonly found variations are the variable width box plots and the notched box plots shown in Figure...
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- the two distributions. Q–Q plots can be used to compare collections of data, or theoretical distributions. The use of Q–Q plots to compare two samples of...
- example, 2 and 48, a line is drawn between 2 and 48. The resulting Nussinov plot will easily reveal secondary structures such as cloverleaf structures in...
- executed. The Catholic community responded to news of these plots with shock. That the Bye Plot had been revealed by Catholics was instrumental in saving...
- S.J., Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I. (Dublin: Four Courts, 2002), p. 164. Fraser p. 635 "Michael Butt – The Babington Plot". BBC. Retrieved...