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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plouter  \Plout"er\,  v.  i.  [Also  {plowter},  {plotter}.]  [Perh. 
  imitative.] 
  To  wade  or  move  about  with  splashing;  to  dabble;  also  to 
  potter;  trifle;  idle.  [Scot.  &  Dial.  Eng.] 
 
  I  did  not  want  to  plowter  about  any  more  --Kipling. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plotter  \Plot"ter\,  n. 
  One  who  plots  or  schemes;  a  contriver;  a  conspirator;  a 
  schemer.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plotter 
  n  1:  a  planner  who  draws  up  a  personal  scheme  of  action  [syn:  {schemer}] 
  2:  a  clerk  who  marks  data  on  a  chart  [syn:  {mapper}] 
  3:  a  member  of  a  conspiracy  [syn:  {conspirator},  {coconspirator}, 
  {machinator}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  plotter 
 
    A  device  that  uses  one  or  more  pens  that  can  be 
  raised,  lowered  and  moved  over  the  printing  media  to  draw 
  graphics  or  text. 
 
  The  heart  of  the  plotter  is  the  printer  head  assembly, 
  consisting  of  a  horizontal  bar  and  attached  to  it  the  head 
  assembly  holding  the  pen  in  use  The  pen  can  be  positioned 
  horizontally  by  moving  the  pen  assembly  along  the  bar. 
  Vertical  positioning  is  achieved  by  either  moving  the  bar 
  (stationary  page  plotter)  or  the  paper  (rolling  page  plotter). 
  Combinations  of  horizontal  and  vertical  movement  are  used  to 
  draw  arbitrary  lines  and  curves  in  a  single  action  in 
  contrast  to  {printers}  which  usually  scan  horizontally  across 
  the  page. 
 
  Colour  plots  can  be  made  by  using  more  than  one  pen.  Older 
  plotters  required  a  separate  pen  for  each  colour  and  the  pens 
  had  to  be  changed  by  hand.  Modern  colour  plotters  usually  use 
  only  four  pens  (cyan,  magenta,  yellow,  and  black,  see  {CMYK}) 
  and  need  no  human  intervention  to  change  them 
 
  Monochromatic  plotters  have  been  largely  phased  out  by  {laser 
  printers}  except  when  large  paper  size  is  needed,  e.g.  in 
  {CAD}. 
 
  (1996-01-10) 
 
 




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