diagram


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diagram /ˈdʌɪəgram/
noun
  • 1 a simplified drawing showing the appearance or structure of something.
  • 2 Brit. a graphical schedule for operating railway stock to provide a desired service.
verb (diagrams, diagramming, diagrammed; US diagrams, diagraming, diagramed)
  • 1 represent in graphic form.
  • 2 Brit. schedule the operations of (a locomotive or train) according to a diagram.
– derivatives
diagrammatic /-grəˈmatɪk/ adjective,
diagrammatically adverb.
– origin C17: from L. diagramma, from Gk, from diagraphein ‘mark out by lines’.
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