diagram
[dahy-uh-gram]
- a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something: a diagram of an engine.
- a chart, plan, or scheme.
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- to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.
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Origin of diagram
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Contemporary Examples
There are indications of this early on, particularly in a scene in which Selina tries to teach Pervus to diagram sentences.
But nobody can look at that diagram and think about anything other than an impressively sized phallus.
11 News Anchor Flubs: Tom Brokaw on Ambien, Weather Penis, and MoreAlec Kubas-Meyer
December 18, 2013
Deep in the shadows they aimed a pinpoint flashlight at a diagram drawn from a recent satellite image.
I ask Lynch to draw a diagram to show the before and after of TM.
So the diagram had a Seinfeldian twist: it was about nothing.
Historical Examples
Draw a diagram representing the circumference line and pitch in feet.
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
Mark, however, said he would teach him the lay of the case that evening from a diagram.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
And this is most clearly shown when he is taken to a diagram or to anything of that sort.
PhaedoPlato
Making the pelvis loop may be easily followed in diagram in Fig. 17.
TaxidermyLeon Luther Pray
The reason for this is best described with the aid of a diagram.
Submarine Warfare of To-dayCharles W. Domville-Fife
diagram
- a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
- maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationshipa Venn diagram
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- to show in or as if in a diagram
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write
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Word Origin and History for diagram
n.
1610s, from French diagramme, from Latin diagramma, from Greek diagramma "geometric figure, that which is marked out by lines," from diagraphein "mark out by lines, delineate," from dia- "across, out" (see dia-) + graphein "write, mark, draw" (see -graphy). The verb is 1840, from the noun.
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