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diagramming

[dahy-uh-gram] Origin

di·a·gram

[dahy-uh-gram] noun, verb, -gramed or -grammed, -gram·ing or -gram·ming.
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.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin diagramma < Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram1

di·a·gram·ma·ble, adjective
mis·di·a·grammed, adjective
un·di·a·gramed, adjective
un·di·a·grammed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

diagram
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.
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