subplot

Noun

 * 1) A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 2001, Nancy Arbuthnot Johnson, Vic Neufield, Forging Links for Health Research,
 * But this story has a subplot — a subplot about fairness and how people have divergent levels of access to knowledge and resources.
 * 1) A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.
 * 2) * 1999, E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar, Christian Cossalter, Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forest,
 * There are 72 trees in each plot (6x12) and 36 trees in each subplot.
 * 1) * 2002, M. Boya Edwards, Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference,
 * Hardwood and shrub stems (besides gallberry) were counted by species and measured for total height (if greater than 2 ft) on 3 strip plots per subplot that were 0.01 acre [&hellip;]
 * There are 72 trees in each plot (6x12) and 36 trees in each subplot.
 * 1) * 2002, M. Boya Edwards, Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference,
 * Hardwood and shrub stems (besides gallberry) were counted by species and measured for total height (if greater than 2 ft) on 3 strip plots per subplot that were 0.01 acre [&hellip;]

Translations

 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: fo-phlota
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: trama secundaria, argumento secundario, intriga secundaria
 * Swedish: subplot

Verb

 * 1)  To provide (a story) with a subplot.