graph

[ graf, grahf ]

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noun

a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
Mathematics.
- a series of points, discrete or continuous, forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function.
- Also called linear graph . a network of lines connecting points.

a written symbol for an idea, a sound, or a linguistic expression.
Computers. a non-hierarchical data structure whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent connections to other nodes in the structure.

verb (used with object)

Mathematics. to draw (a curve) as representing a given function.
to represent by means of a graph.

Origin of graph

First recorded in 1875–80; short for graphic formula;see graphic

synonym study For graph

1. See map.

Other words from graph

re·graph, verb (used with object)

Other definitions for graph- (2 of 3)

graph-

variant of grapho- before a vowel: grapheme.

Other definitions for -graph (3 of 3)

-graph

a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph); specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph).

Origin of -graph

<Greek -graphos (something) drawn or written, one who draws or writes. See grapho-

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How to use graph in a sentence

Here's a key to understand the graph of accuracy: ● Lab: The polysomnograph, the benchmark for the other three.
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He built a structure out of words on the graph paper just as he would a mini-house with his toys.
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It also draws a graph of how well you slept, which tells you whether that midnight snack was good for your sleep or not.
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Silver started experimenting when the specialized graph Search first came out.
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(i) A graph compiled for the Committee shows that the biggest number of children is in the two-to-four-year-old group.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
The average daily speed of the class can be taken and a graph made to show the improvement of the class as a whole.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
If the class in psychology is a large one, a graph should be prepared showing the distribution of abilities in the class.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
The scribes, being acquainted with the graph st for t, ht (see KH 249 note), mechanically substituted the latter here.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes | Various
If these points are outside of the graph traced in advance, we shall have to modify our curve, but not to abandon our principle.
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British Dictionary definitions for graph (1 of 2)

graph

/ (ɡrɑːf, ɡræf) /

noun

Also called: chart a drawing depicting the relation between certain sets of numbers or quantities by means of a series of dots, lines, etc, plotted with reference to a set of axes: See also bar graph
maths a drawing depicting a functional relation between two or three variables by means of a curve or surface containing only those points whose coordinates satisfy the relation

maths a structure represented by a diagram consisting of points (vertices) joined by lines (edges)
linguistics a symbol in a writing system not further subdivisible into other such symbols

verb

(tr) to draw or represent in a graph

Origin of graph

C19: short for graphic formula

British Dictionary definitions for -graph (2 of 2)

-graph

n combining form

an instrument that writes or records: telegraph
a writing, record, or drawing: autograph; lithograph

Origin of -graph

via Latin from Greek -graphos, from graphein to write

Derived forms of -graph

-graphic or -graphical, adj combining form
-graphically, adv combining form

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Scientific definitions for graph

graph

[ grăf ]

A diagram showing the relationship of quantities, especially such a diagram in which lines, bars, or proportional areas represent how one quantity depends on or changes with another.
A curve or line showing a mathematical function or equation, typically drawn in a Cartesian coordinate system. The graph of the function y = x2 is a parabola.

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