nomograph
[ nŏm′ə-grăf′, nō′mə- ]
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n.
A graph consisting of three coplanar curves, each curve graduated for a different variable so that a straight line cutting all three curves intersects the related values of each variable.
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Other words from nomograph
nom′o•graph′ic adj.no•mog′ra•phy (nō-mŏg′rə-fē) n.Words nearby nomograph
nomism, nomo-, nomocanon, nomocracy, nomogram, nomograph, nomography, nomological, nomology, nomothetic, nomotopic
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