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diagram

noun
/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

  1. derived from διάγραμμα
  2. derived from diagramma
  3. derived from diagramme

Definitions

  1. A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to…

    A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

    • Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.

  2. A graph or chart.

    • A common way to represent change in state over time is via a timing diagram.
    • This particular diagram represents a dinosaur in the distant past and a person who is born in AD 2000. These objects stretch out horizontally in the graph because they last over time in reality, and time is the horizontal axis on the graph
    • Various terms for this type of graph seem to be used interchangeably: 'scatter diagram', 'scatter graph' and 'scatter plot'.

  3. A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the…

    A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A crossword grid.

      • Because you have fewer 10- to 15-letter entries in the diagram, you can make judgment calls more quickly by testing out the long ones at the outset.
      • A crossword puzzle consists of a diagram that usually is rectangular and divided into blank (white) and cancelled (black, shaded, or crosshatched) squares.
      • If you think of a completed crossword diagram as a house, short words with common letters are the necessary “mortar” that makes the longer, more interesting “brick” words in a puzzle possible.

    2. To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

    3. To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.

      • The timing and diagramming staff, too, were on duty for up to 21 hours devising 80 engine, 60 guards' and 25 carriage working diagrams.

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Derived

diagram chase, diagram chasing, diagramless, diagrammable, dygogram

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diagram. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diagram. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at diagram

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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