Groundplan

Quick meaning: Groundplan is a noun meaning A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of the ground level of a building or other physical structure; floorplan.

Meaning

A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of the ground level of a building or other physical structure; floorplan.

More Meanings

1. A framework or pattern showing the form of something, without all the details.
2. (evolutionary theory) A hypothetical anatomical form from which members of a clade are adaptations.
3. (theater) A diagram showing the physical layout of a set, especially the placement of structures on the stage, as opposed to items on the walls or suspended from the ceiling.

Example Sentences

An example of the groundplan arrangement of boreholes in a multi-row curtain is pictured in Fig. 3.99.

Here the destruction is even more complete, and it was very difficult to trace the original groundplan.

Another method of recording blocking is to use a groundplan and numbered movements tracking sheet (see Figure 8.3).

Roriczer begins, “If you wish to draw the groundplan for a pinnacle, according to the stonemason's art and with the correct geometry, then begin by drawing a square, as it is shown here with the letters a, b, c, d.”

Word Forms

• groundplans
• ground-plan
• ground plan

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ground-plan, groundline, plan, trackplan, layout, ichnography.

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