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Definition: PLOTTING |
PLOTTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Plot |
Date "PLOTTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Plotting is the process of depicting mathematical functions or data visually. Before widespread use of computers, plotting was usually done by hand, often on special graph paper. Now most plots are made using dedicated computer plotting programs such as Gnuplot or plotting features in larger programs such as Microsoft Excel.Specific kinds of plots
- Histogram
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Plotting."
Synonym: PLOTTINGSynonym: treacherous. (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Apparently, if he's away from home for more than 30 minutes his cats start plotting against him. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
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 | Francis X. Popper plotting hydrographic survey in New Guinea Regimental navigator for Army amphibious engineers. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The tools of the trade for navigating during launch hydrography Metallic and plastic three-arm protractors for plotting three-point fixes Sextant in background 1931 Hydrographic Manual. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Manual plotting of three-point sextant fix Using plastic three-arm protractor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The first Odessey Protractor This instrument was used to plot intersecting ranges from two RAR stations Invented while Herman Odessey attached to DISCOVERER Variations of this instrument were used for plotting positions for over 60 years. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plotting range-range Shoran position with Odessey protractor On LYDONIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Wiredrag - plotting table and instruments on guide boat Deck of contract sloop NENA A. ROWLAND Wiredrag party of N. H. Heck. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Wiredrag contract launch ROOSEVELT Drafting table and shelter for plotting sheet installed Wiredrag party of A. Joachims. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Some tools of the trade - wiredrag at Mitchell-Jordan Reservoir Sextants for shooting horizontal angles, 3-arm protractor for plotting positions Wiredrag party of Max Ricketts. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Eoline R. Hand Hand is plotting fix with three-arm plastic protractor With Navy crew used to do hydrography at Lahaina Roads. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Hal Demuth on the left and Miller Tonkel plotting hydrography Note metallic three-arm protractor. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Three Kings In Shadow" by Matt Williams Commentary: "A shot of my chimney against the sky. With the little gaps in the top of the pots I thought they looked like three evil kings huddled together plotting something." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | In addition to searching the homes of Islamic leaders, security forces also summoned Islamic leaders for questioning on several occasions based on suspicions that they were plotting civil unrest with the RDR. In July 2000, the military government briefly detained and questioned CNI President Imam El Hadj Idriss Kone Koudouss for encouraging Muslims to vote against the new Constitution, which he argued reinforces the concept of "Ivoirity," a doctrine that discriminates against Ivoirians of mixed or foreign origins. (references) |
Turkey | The trial of Fetullah Gulen, the leader of a moderate Islamic religious community who was charged with plotting to overthrow the State by force, continued at year's end. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that security forces detained, questioned, or beat Muslims or that security forces questioned Islamic leaders on suspicions that they were plotting civil unrest. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | Bahrain is not immune to the lure of e-commerce, and the government is plotting a strategy on how best to position the country as a leading regional player in this field. (references) |
Nigeria | Oladipo Diya, 10 other officers, and eight civilians on charges of coup plotting. (references) | |
Tunisia | The government outlawed An-Nadha as a terrorist organization in 1991 and arrested its leaders and thousands of party members and sympathizers, accusing them of plotting to overthrow the President. (references) | |
Human Rights | Togo | Minister of Interior General Sizing Walla accused Olympio of plotting a coup. (references) |
Togo | This witness also was tried for his role in the supposed coup plotting and was sentenced to 1-year probation. (references) | |
Chad | According to human rights groups, also in July, nine army officers were arrested in the southern province of Barh Koh, and accused of plotting a rebellion. (references) | |
Political Economy | Congo | The special military tribunal tried some civilians for political offenses, although most cases were related to the Kabila assassination or to alleged coup plotting against the Joseph Kabila Government. (references) |
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George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who were plotting to bomb our embassy. |
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| "PLOTTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.33% of the time. "PLOTTING" is used about 331 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 90.33% | 299 | 16,795 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.95% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.81% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.91% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 331 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PLOTTING": air surveillance plotting board ♦ nautical plotting chart ♦ plotting board ♦ plotting chart ♦ plotting instrument ♦ plotting paper ♦ plotting plate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PLOTTING": plotting-table. | |
Ending with "PLOTTING": counter-plotting, mandelbrot-plotting, mandlebrot-plotting, map-plotting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "PLOTTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thurje (fencing, knitting, knitwork, network, spin, twist, weave, weaving, wicker-work, woof). (various references) | |
Arabic | مؤامر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | милиметрова хартия (graph paper, plotting paper). (various references) | |
Chinese | 密谋 (Conspire, Conspired, Conspiring, Plotted). (various references) | |
Czech | rýsovadlo (plotting instrument). (various references) | |
Danish | fotogrammetrisk udtegning. (various references) | |
Dutch | fotogrammetrisch herstel. (various references) | |
Finnish | salavehkeily (machination), juonittelu (intrigues, machinations), juonikas (crafty, scheming). (various references) | |
French | tracé de navigation (plot), traçant, traçage, Restitution photogrammétrique (photogrammetric plotting), conspirations, complots. (various references) | |
German | zeichnend (drawing, penciling). (various references) | |
Greek | κατασκευή διαγράμματοσ, σχεδίαση (planning, projection). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תויה, תווי (alignment, laying out, outline, sketching), התנכלות (devising, scheming). (various references) | |
Hungarian | terepfelvétel, térképre vitel, térképre felrakás, térképezés, helyszínrajz-készítés, cselszövés (intrigue, plot, scheme, scheming), cselszövény (scheme), ábrázolás görbékkel. (various references) | |
Italian | tavole traccianti (plotting tables), il potenziale di rottura si ottiene registrando la curva densità di corrente-potenziale mentre il potenziale aumenta gradatamente (the break-down potential is ascertained by slowly plotting the current-density potential curve in intermittent potential steps), dispositivo di tracciamento elettronico (electronic plotting aid), carta millimetrata (graph paper, plotting paper, profile paper, scale paper, sectional paper). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 首謀 (planning, ringleader). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅぼう (chief, leader, planning, ringleader). (various references) | |
Korean | 음모를 꾸밈 (intriguing). (various references) | |
Manx | reeaney (plot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ottingplay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | restituição fotogramétrica (photogrammetric plotting). (various references) | |
Romanian | hârtie milimetricã (plotting paper), ecran de trasare (plotting plate). (various references) | |
Russian | вычерчивать вычерчивание. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nanošenje na kartu, kovanje zavere. (various references) | |
Spanish | trazado fotogramétrico. (various references) | |
Swedish | intrigant (intriguing, scheming). (various references) | |
Turkmen | betpдl (malevolent), betniet (malevolent). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | giấy vẽ đồ thị (plotting paper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "PLOTTING": complotting, coplotting, counterplotting, outplotting, overplotting, replotting. (additional references) | |
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"PLOTTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lotting, plofting, plotin, ploting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PLOTTING" (pronounced plÄ"ting) |
| 5 | -l Ä" t i ng | allotting, clotting, slotting. |
| 4 | -Ä" t i ng | dotting, rotting, spotting, squatting, trotting, yachting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-o-p-t-t" | |
-1 letter: lotting, potting. | |
-2 letters: loping, opting, poling, pontil, tiglon, toling, toping, toting. | |
-3 letters: gipon, glint, ingot, lingo, oping, pilot, pingo, pinot, pinto, piton, point, tigon. | |
-4 letters: gilt, glop, into, ling, lino, lint, lion, loin, long, loti, noil, ping, pint, pion, plot, pong, tilt, ting, tint, toil, toit, tong, topi. | |
-5 letters: gin, gip, git, got, ion, lin. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-o-p-t-t" | |
+2 letters: coplotting, replotting. | |
+3 letters: complotting, outplotting, postulating, potlatching, potteringly, teleporting. | |
+4 letters: overplotting, preallotting, spotlighting, triphthongal. | |
+5 letters: contemplating, electrotyping, expostulating, extrapolating, interpolating, outpopulating, planetologist. | |
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