(slang, fiction, sometimes derogatory) A plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicitly avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machinas.

plural of plot line

plural of heat plot

(rare) Relating to or characteristic of a plot twist.

(biochemistry) A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.

plural of Ramachandran plot

Synonym of heat map

A form of box plot, but instead of boxes having layered shapes that indicate the probability density of the data at different values.

plural of violin plot

Alternative spelling of plotline