What is "floor plan"

Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]

1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.

3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

4. A story of a building. See Story.

5. (Legislative Assemblies)

   1. The part of the house assigned to the members.

   2. The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]

      Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.

6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

7. (Mining)

   1. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

   2. A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. Floor plan.

      1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line.

      2. (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.

Plan \Plan\, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]

1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.

2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.

   God's plans like lines pure and white unfold.
   --M. R. Smith.

3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

   The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.
   --Wordsworth.

   Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

   Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.

n. 1 (context architecture English) A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of a building. 2 (context electronics English) A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.

n. scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation

In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure.

Dimensions are usually drawn between the walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths. Floor plans may also include details of fixtures like sinks, water heaters, furnaces, etc. Floor plans may include notes for construction to specify finishes, construction methods, or symbols for electrical items.

It is also called a plan which is a measured plane typically projected at the floor height of , as opposed to an elevation which is a measured plane projected from the side of a building, along its height, or a section or cross section where a building, is cut along an axis to reveal the interior structure.