diagraph

[ dahy-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

a device for drawing, used in reproducing outlines, plans, etc., mechanically on any desired scale.
a combined protractor and scale.

Origin of diagraph

1840–50; <French diagraphe<Greek diagráphein to draw. See dia-, -graph

Words Nearby diagraph

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How to use diagraph in a sentence

In the orthography of the Félibres the diagraph ue is used as we find it in Old French to represent this vowel.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer

British Dictionary definitions for diagraph

diagraph

/ (ˈdaɪəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a device for enlarging or reducing maps, plans, etc
a protractor and scale used in drawing

Origin of diagraph

C19: from French diagraphe, from Greek diagraphein to represent with lines; see diagram

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