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diagram

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di·a·gram  (d-grm)
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 or di·a·gramed, di·a·gram·ming or di·a·gram·ing, di·a·grams
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.]

dia·gramma·ble adj.
dia·gram·matic (-gr-mtk), dia·gram·mati·cal adj.
dia·gram·mati·cal·ly adv.

diagram
Noun
a sketch or plan showing the form or workings of something [Greek diagraphein to mark out]
diagrammatic adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.diagramdiagram - a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
block 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
Verb1.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

diagram
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Spanish diagram [ˈdaɪəgræm] ndiagrama m; esquema m
French diagram [ˈdaɪəgræm] ndiagramme m, schéma m
German diagram [ˈdaɪəgræm] nDiagramm nt, Schaubild nt
Italian diagram [ˈdaɪəgræm] ndiagramma m

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The accompanying diagram will aid us in understanding this rather perplexing subject.
Again, when I am in the company of one of my two hexagonal Grandsons, contemplating one of his sides (AB) full front, it will be evident from the accompanying diagram that I shall see one whole line (AB) in comparative brightness (shading off hardly at all at the ends) and two smaller lines (CA and BD) dim throughout and shading away into greater dimness towards the extremities C and D.
They had their red guide-books open at the diagram of the view, and were painfully picking out the several mountains and trying to impress their names and positions on their memories.
 
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