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Subplot

//ˈsʌb.plɒt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.

    "1978, R.B. Lee & R. Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer, Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc."

  2. 2
    A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.

    "[...] on sixteen 8/10-acre plots (12.8 acres) well distributed over the area. [...] A 1/160-acre subplot was established in a randomly chosen corner of each [...]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To provide (a story) with a subplot. transitive

    "In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sub- + plot.

Etymology 2

From sub- + plot.

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