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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Historical Examples
In diagramming anything Flint could come to be certain that he had been a slow one.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein
The task of diagramming a territory for invasion is one after Henry H. Rogers' own heart.
Frenzied FinanceThomas W. Lawson
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 diagramming
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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