Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diagram"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to mark out by lines; dia`
through + ? to draw, write: cf. F. diagramme. See {Graphic}.]
1. (Geom.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a
statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.
2. Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific
purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers
to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an
artistical one.
{Indicator diagram}. (Steam Engine) See {Indicator card},
under {indicator}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, v. t.
To put into the form of a diagram.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diagram
n : a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing
showing the relation between the parts
v : make a schematic or technical drawing of; make a diagram of
[syn: {plot}]
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