plotting
/ˈplɒtɪŋ/ · plot·ting
verb
- To devise or plan a secret or illicit scheme, especially a crime. The conspirators were caught after weeks of plotting a bank robbery.
- To mark points on a graph, chart, or map. Every hour they plotted their position on the navigation chart.
- To trace out the shape of a graph or diagram by marking successive points. She plotted the temperature changes over the month to see the trend.
noun
- The act of scheming or making plots; a machination. His plotting was evident in the way he manipulated the committee votes.
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Did you know? The term 'plotting' entered computer science in the 1950s, when early programmers wrote code to plot data points on cathode‑ray tube displays.