PLAN (from

See also:

• LAT

Lat. planes,

See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat)  , a diagram on a flat surface; hence by analogy any deliberate scheme or design . In architecture, a " plan " is a horizontal geometrical section of the walls of a building, or indications, on a horizontal plane, of the relative positions of the walls and partitions, with the various openings, such as windows and doors, recesses and projections, chimneys and chimney-breasts, columns, pilasters, &c . This term is sometimes incorrectly used in the sense of design (q.v.) .