'Floor plan' definitions:

Definition of 'floor plan'

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noun
Scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation

Definition of 'Floor plan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M. R. Smith. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. [1913 Webster]
  • The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Floor plan'

From: GCIDE
  • Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A story of a building. See Story. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]