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diagram
a chart, plan, or scheme
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di·a·gram
(dī′ə-grăm′)n.
1. A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.
2. Mathematics A graphic representation of an algebraic or geometric relationship.
3. A chart or graph.
tr.v. di·a·grammed, di·a·gram·ming, di·a·grams or di·a·gramed or di·a·gram·ing
To indicate or represent by or as if by a diagram.
[Latin diagramma, figure, from Greek, a figure worked out by lines, plan, from diagraphein, to mark out, delineate : dia-, dia- + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
di′a·gram′ma·ble adj.
di′a·gram·mat′ic (-grə-măt′ĭk), di′a·gram·mat′i·cal adj.
di′a·gram·mat′i·cal·ly adv.
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diagram
(ˈdaɪəˌɡræm)n
1. a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
2. (Mathematics) maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationship: a Venn diagram.
vb, -grams, -gramming or -grammed, -grams, -graming or -gramed
to show in or as if in a diagram
[C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write]
diagrammatic, diagrammatical adj
ˌdiagramˈmatically adv
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di•a•gram
(ˈdaɪ əˌgræm)n., v. -gramed -grammed, -gram•ing -gram•ming. n.
1. a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts or operation of something.
2. a figure, usu. consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem or the like.
3. a chart or plan.
v.t. 4. to make a diagram of.
di′a•gram`ma•ble, adj.
di`a•gram•mat′ic (-grəˈmæt ɪk) adj.
di`a•gram•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.
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diagram
Past participle: diagrammed
Gerund: diagramming
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| Noun | 1. |  diagram - a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the partsblock diagram - a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" horoscope - a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place schematic, schematic drawing - diagram of an electrical or mechanical system Venn diagram, Venn's diagram - a diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set); elements that are common to more than one set are represented by intersections of the circles zodiac - (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs |
| Verb | 1. | diagram - make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" graph - plot upon a graph |
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diagram
noun plan, figure, drawing, chart, outline, representation, sketch, layout, graph a diagram showing the workings of the engine
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Translations
رَسْم بَيانيرَسْمٌ بِيَانِيّ
diagramgrafschéma
diagram
diagrammi
dijagram
skÿringarmynd, uppdráttur
図
그림
diagrama
diagramma
diagram
diagram
แผนภาพ
biểu đồ
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diagram
n (Math) → Diagramm nt; (of machine etc) → Diagramm nt, → Schaubild nt; (= chart: of figures etc) → grafische Darstellung; as shown in the diagram → wie das Diagramm/die grafische Darstellung zeigt
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diagram
(ˈdaiəgrӕm) noun a drawing used to explain something that is difficult to understand. This book has diagrams showing the parts of a car engine.
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diagram
→ رَسْمٌ بِيَانِيّ diagram diagram Diagramm διάγραμμα diagrama, esquema diagrammi diagramme dijagram diagramma 図 그림 diagram diagram wykres diagrama диаграмма diagram แผนภาพ şekil biểu đồ 示意图Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
di·a·gram
n. diagrama.
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