di·a·gram (d   -gr m )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.] di a·gramma·ble adj.di a·gram·matic (-gr-mt k), dia·gram·mati·cal adj.di a·gram·mati·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adv. | 1. | diagrammatically - in a diagrammatic manner; "the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin" |
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