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di⋅a⋅gram

  [dahy-uh-gram] noun, verb, -gramed or -grammed, -gram⋅ing or -gram⋅ming.
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–noun
1. a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
2. a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something: a diagram of an engine.
3. a chart, plan, or scheme.
–verb (used with object)
4. to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.
Origin:
1610–20; < L diagramma < Gk: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram 1

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅gram⋅ma⋅ble, adjective
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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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Diagram

Di"a*gram\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to mark out by lines; dia` through + ? to draw, write: cf. F. diagramme. See Graphic.]

1. (Geom.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

2. Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.

Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator

Diagram

Di"a*gram\, v. t. To put into the form of a diagram.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Diagram
Spanish: diagrama,
German: das Schaubild,
Japanese: 図
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diagram  (n.)
1619, from Fr. diagramme, from L. diagramma, from Gk. diagramma (gen. diagrammatos) "that which is marked out by lines," from diagraphein "mark out by lines, delineate," from dia- "across, out" + graphein "write, mark, draw." The verb is 1840, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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