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groundplot

[ ground-plot ]

noun

  1. Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of groundplot1

First recorded in 1570–80; ground 1 + plot

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Example Sentences

The groundplot of it was fifty feet by forty-five; each end is formed by four stout posts, fixed perpendicularly in the ground.

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