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[dahy-uh-gram]
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noun

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.

verb (used with object), di·a·gramed or di·a·grammed, di·a·gram·ing or di·a·gram·ming.

to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.

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RELATED WORDS

blueprint, layout, outline, figure, chart, game, design, perspective, draft, representation, description

Nearby words

  1. diagonal cloth,
  2. diagonal conjugate,
  3. diagonal matrix,
  4. diagonal process,
  5. diagonalize,
  6. diagrammatic,
  7. diagraph,
  8. diakinesis,
  9. dial,
  10. dial down

Origin of diagram

1610–20; < Latin diagramma < Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram1
Related formsdi·a·gram·ma·ble, adjectivemis·di·a·grammed, adjectiveun·di·a·gramed, adjectiveun·di·a·grammed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for diagram

diagram

noun

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

verb -grams, -gramming or -grammed or US -grams, -graming or -gramed

to show in or as if in a diagram
Derived Formsdiagrammatic (ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk), adjectivediagrammatically, adverb

Word Origin for diagram

C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write
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Word Origin and History for diagram

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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