Plan \Plan\, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]
1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a
plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of
a machine, or the representation or delineation of a
horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a
graphic representation; a diagram.
2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure
expressed or described in language; a project; as, the
plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M.
R. Smith.
3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
The simple plan, That they should take who have the
power, And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth.
Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor,
etc.
Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project;
design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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