groundplot

English

Alternative forms

• ground-plot, ground plot

Etymology

Compound of ground +‎ plot.

Noun

groundplot (plural groundplots)

1. (architecture, obsolete) The part of the ground that is covered by a building.
2. (architecture, obsolete) A drawing of the ground floor of a building.
3. (aviation) A method for determining an aircraft's position by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and measuring off the resultant distance from a previous position.

Further reading

• “groundplot”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “groundplot”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “groundplot”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “ground-plot, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.