ground plan

Noun

ground plan (plural ground plans)

1. A diagram showing set layout.
   • You will need the ground plan of the set, a scale rule, a fifty-foot tape measure, a shorter tape measure, spike tape, chalk, chalk line, and pencils.1992, Daniel Ionazzi, The Stage Management Handbook, →ISBN, page 47
2. A floorplan.
   • If in the ground plan, or the elevation, one part keeps another out of sight, the part hid must be drawn, before its perspective can be made.1835 April-September, James Whitelaw, “Perspective Made Easy”, in Iron: The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, volume XXIII
3. A framework or pattern.
   • In our ground plan, treatment follows management, care and assessment of the child.1988, Treating Problem Children: Issues, Methods and Practice, →ISBN, page 51
4. The hypothetical ancestor of a clade.
   • The arthropod ground plan, including that for ticks, is of a multisegmented organism; the basic ground plan for an individual segment is shown in Fig. 4.1.2013, Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe, Biology of Ticks - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 74