diagrammatic

[dahy-uh-gruh-mat-ik]

di·a·gram·mat·ic

[dahy-uh-gruh-mat-ik]
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

di·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·di·a·gram·mat·ic, adjective
non·di·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
non·di·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·di·a·gram·mat·ic, adjective
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un·di·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
un·di·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Diagrammatic has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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diagram (ˈdaɪəˌɡræm)
 
n
1.  a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
2.  maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationship: a Venn diagram
 
vb , -grams, -gramming, -grammed, -grams, -graming, -gramed
3.  to show in or as if in a diagram
 
[C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write]
 
diagrammatic
 
adj
 
diagram'matically
 
adv

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