Plan n.
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.
Floor n.
1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
4. A story of a building. See Story.
5. Legislative Assemblies (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]
Note: ☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6. Naut. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7. Mining (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body.
Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.
Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.
Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
Floor plan. (a) Shipbuilding A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) Arch. A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
floor plan
n : scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at
a given level; contrasts with elevation