plan view

American  

noun

1. plan.

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Etymology

Origin of plan view

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

For me, it was always about the detail ... the forensic detail, the plan view of the house on Cross Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021

It presented the entire city to scale in plan view, as if from directly above, at a time when most urban views were imagined as imprecise bird's-eye aerial perspectives.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2012

Nonetheless, lawmakers on both sides of the plan view it as a first step in debt-control efforts.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2010

For instance, Benson Honig of McMaster University asks: "How many investors would read a plan, view a five-minute presentation, and make a decision?"

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 19, 2010

The word plan is employed in place of the word top; hence a plan view is a top view, or a view looking down upon the top of the piece.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua