maps in V. and Vineland?

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Wed May 25 14:00:44 CDT 2005


Ah, just got to this.  Again ...

Main Entry: plot
Pronunciation: 'plät
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English
1 a : a small area of planted ground <a vegetable
plot> b : a small piece of land in a cemetery c : a
measured piece of land : LOT
2 : GROUND PLAN, PLAT
3 : the plan or main story of a literary work
4 : a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or
unlawful end : INTRIGUE
5 : a graphic representation (as a chart) ...

Main Entry: plot
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): plot·ted; plot·ting
transitive senses
1 a : to make a plot, map, or plan of b : to mark or
note on or as if on a map or chart
2 : to lay out in plots
3 a : to locate (a point) by means of coordinates b :
to locate (a curve) by plotted points c : to represent
(an equation) by means of a curve so constructed
4 : to plan or contrive especially secretly
5 : to invent or devise the plot of (a literary work)
intransitive senses
1 : to form a plot : SCHEME
2 : to be located by means of coordinates <the data
plot at a single point>

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

--- Glenn Scheper <glenn_scheper at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> How about graph metaphors? ...

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