diagram

[ dahy-uh-gram ]

/ ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /

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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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Origin of diagram

1610–20; <Latin diagramma<Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram¹

OTHER WORDS FROM diagram

di·a·gram·ma·ble, adjectivemis·di·a·grammed, adjectiveun·di·a·gramed, adjectiveun·di·a·grammed, adjective

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How to use diagram in a sentence

Done at the scale of an entire brain, the effort constitutes a complete wiring diagram, or the connectome.
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These diagrams involve vast, tedious computations that are hard to carry out with precision as particle collisions grow more complex.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World|Kevin Hartnett|December 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
In the diagram to the right, the arrows indicate which tastes work to counterbalance one another.
There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here|Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick|October 22, 2020|Popular-Science
This last game will put you in a Conway frame of mind — you’ll be doodling little diagrams and creating different structures, just as he did with his Sprouts game and the Game of Life.
Celebrating the Playful Magic of John Horton Conway|Pradeep Mutalik|October 15, 2020|Quanta Magazine

The late Robert May, a pioneering physicist turned ecologist, helped launch the field of chaos theory when he discovered that an equation used to model the population growth of insects produced a bifurcation diagram.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights|Gabriel Popkin|October 13, 2020|Quanta Magazine
In diagramming anything Flint could come to be certain that he had been a slow one.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein
The task of diagramming a territory for invasion is one after Henry H. Rogers' own heart.
Frenzied Finance|Thomas W. Lawson
A little diagramming will prove that the U-boat must be almost directly in line of its hoped-for victim if it is to score a hit.
The Victory At Sea|William Sowden Sims
He got out of real work by inventing useless activities for his pupils, such as the "tree-diagramming system."
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather

British Dictionary definitions for diagram

diagram

/ (ˈdaɪəˌɡræm) /

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 forms of diagram

diagrammatic (ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk), adjectivediagrammatically, adverb

Word Origin for diagram

C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write

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