graph
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
Mathematics.
a series of points, discrete or continuous, forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function.
Also called linear graph . a network of lines connecting points.
a written symbol for an idea, a sound, or a linguistic expression.
Computers. a non-hierarchical data structure whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent connections to other nodes in the structure.
Mathematics. to draw (a curve) as representing a given function.
to represent by means of a graph.
Origin of graph
1synonym study For graph
Other words from graph
- re·graph, verb (used with object)
Other definitions for graph- (2 of 3)
variant of grapho- before a vowel: grapheme.
Other definitions for -graph (3 of 3)
a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph); specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph).
Origin of -graph
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British Dictionary definitions for graph (1 of 2)
/ (ɡrɑːf, ɡræf) /
Also called: chart a drawing depicting the relation between certain sets of numbers or quantities by means of a series of dots, lines, etc, plotted with reference to a set of axes: See also bar graph
maths a drawing depicting a functional relation between two or three variables by means of a curve or surface containing only those points whose coordinates satisfy the relation
maths a structure represented by a diagram consisting of points (vertices) joined by lines (edges)
linguistics a symbol in a writing system not further subdivisible into other such symbols
(tr) to draw or represent in a graph
Origin of graph
1British Dictionary definitions for -graph (2 of 2)
an instrument that writes or records: telegraph
a writing, record, or drawing: autograph; lithograph
Origin of -graph
2Derived forms of -graph
- -graphic or -graphical, adj combining form
- -graphically, adv combining form
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Scientific definitions for graph
[ grăf ]
A diagram showing the relationship of quantities, especially such a diagram in which lines, bars, or proportional areas represent how one quantity depends on or changes with another.
A curve or line showing a mathematical function or equation, typically drawn in a Cartesian coordinate system. The graph of the function y = x2 is a parabola.
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