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Origin of diagrammatic
1850–55; diagram + -atic as in problem, problematic
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In diagrammatic canvases that look like otherworldly computer chips, she writes her own invented language and creates charts and instructions inscrutable to the viewer—not a problem since they’re meant for nonhuman entities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Check out diagrammatic paintings in Chelsea or Catharine Czudej’s fun house on the Upper East Side.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
More problematic is the diagrammatic nature of the storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Figure 3.17 provides a diagrammatic representation of the proportions of dark minerals in light-coloured rocks.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
A diagrammatic sketch of a turbine cylinder and spindle is shown in Fig.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
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