tree diagram

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tree diagram¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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