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DIAGRAMMATICALLY

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di⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅ic

  [dahy-uh-gruh-mat-ik]
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–adjective
1. in the form of a diagram; graphic; outlined.
2. pertaining to diagrams.
Also, di⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1850–55; diagram + -atic as in problem, problematic

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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di·a·gram   (dī'ə-grām')   
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·gram'ma·ble adj., di'a·gram·mat'ic (-grə-māt'ĭk), di'a·gram·mat'i·cal adj., di'a·gram·mat'i·cal·ly adv.
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