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diagram

 
Dictionary: di·a·gram   ('ə-grăm') pronunciation
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., -grammed, or -gramed, -gram·ming, or -gram·ing, -grams, or -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.]

diagrammable di'a·gram'ma·ble adj.
diagrammatic di'a·gram·mat'ic (-grə-măt'ĭk) or di'a·gram·mat'i·cal adj.
diagrammatically di'a·gram·mat'i·cal·ly adv.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A drawing, plan, or chart that helps explain a thing.

pronunciation He used a diagram in his presentation so the audience would better understand his message.

Tutor's tip: A "diagram" (a plan, a drawing, or a sketch) of the patient's chest showed where the "diaphragm" (diaphragm) is located.

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A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique. Sometimes, the technique uses a three-dimensional visualization which is then projected onto the two-dimensional surface. The word graph is sometimes used as a synonym for diagram.

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Main diagram types

There are at least the following types of diagrams:

Thousands of diagram techniques exist. Some more examples follow.

Specific diagram types

A-D

A
B
C
D

List of modeling languages

E-H

E
F
G
H

I-L

I
J
K
L
  • Line of balance

M-P

M
N
O
P

R-U

R
S
T
U

V-Z

V
W
Y

See also

References

Further reading

  • Michael Anderson, Peter Cheng, Volker Haarslev (Eds.) (2000). Theory and Application of Diagrams: First International Conference, Diagrams 2000. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, September 1-3, 2000. Proceedings.

Translations: Diagram
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - diagram, graf
v. tr. - illustrere ved diagram

Nederlands (Dutch)
diagram (schets/ schema)

Français (French)
n. - diagramme, (Math) diagramme, figure
v. tr. - présenter sous forme de schéma

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diagramm, Schaubild
v. - im Diagramm darstellen, aufzeichnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάγραμμα, σχήμα, σχεδιάγραμμα

Italiano (Italian)
diagramma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diagrama (m)

Русский (Russian)
диаграмма

Español (Spanish)
n. - diagrama, esquema, plan
v. tr. - diagramar, esquematizar, representar mediante un diagrama

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - diagram

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
图表, 用图解法表示, 图示

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圖表
v. tr. - 用圖解法表示, 圖示

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도표, (기차의) 운행표
v. tr. - 도식으로 표시하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 線図, 一覧図, ダイヤグラム
v. - 図で示す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رسم بياني أو تخطيطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרשים, תיאור גרפי, דיאגרמה‬
v. tr. - ‮שרטט תרשים, הציג באמצעות תרשים‬


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