tree diagram

American  

noun

1. Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.

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Etymology

Origin of tree diagram

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

A tree diagram is not the type of thing epidemiologists would usually draw, because it seems obvious.

From New York Times

AlphaGo is powered by two deep neural networks that guide its machine learning and search techniques, arriving at the best move by narrowing and shortening the tree diagram of possibilities.

From The Verge

But Carroll, a mathematician by trade, wrote to a friend, in a letter included in the exhibition, asking for advice, and provided him helpfully with a tree diagram of name possibilities.

From New York Times

The reason is evident from the tree diagram: there is only one path from one number to the other two numbers, hence at most two common ancestors, hence at most two different lengths.

From Scientific American

After scanning your computer for space-hogging programs, it displays them according to size in a handy tree diagram.

From Inc