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Plan

properly a map, representation, or delineation of a building, mathe level of the floor through the solid chine, etc., on a plane surface. More dimensions of the several spaces or rooms, the position of the doors, etc. The term is also commonly extended to izontal section supposed to be taken on walls, columns, etc., so as to show their various thicknesses and situations, the dimensions of the several spaces rooms, the position of the doors, etc.

The term is also commonly extended to a map or representation of a projected or finished work on a plane surface; as, the plan of a town, of a harbor, etc. or and cells;

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