Diagram

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     {Indicator diagram}. (Steam Engine) See {Indicator card},
        under {indicator}
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diagram \Di"a*gram\, v. t.
     To put into the form of a diagram.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 that shows how
           things work or how they are constructed [syn: {plot}]
       [also: {diagramming}, {diagrammed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  141 Moby Thesaurus words for "diagram":
     alphabet, art, black and white, blueprint, brouillon, cartoon,
     catalog, catalogue raisonne, catch a likeness, chalk, character,
     charactering, characterization, characterize, charcoal,
     charcoal drawing, chart, chiaroscuro, choreography, color,
     conventional representation, copy, crayon, crosshatch,
     dance notation, dash off, daub, delineate, delineation,
     demonstration, depict, depiction, depictment, design, doodle,
     draft, drama, draw, drawing, ebauche, elevation, esquisse,
     exemplification, figuration, figure, graph, ground plan, hatch,
     hieroglyphic, hit off, house plan, ichnography, iconography,
     ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, lay off, lay out, letter,
     limn, limning, line drawing, logogram, logograph, map, map out,
     mark off, mark out, musical notation, notate, notation, outline,
     paint, paint a picture, pastel, pattern, pen-and-ink, pencil,
     pencil drawing, pictogram, picture, picturization, picturize, plan,
     plot, plot out, portraiture, portray, portrayal, prefigurement,
     presentment, print, printing, profile, projection, realization,
     register, render, rendering, rendition, represent, representation,
     rough, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, rub, schema,
     schematize, scheme, score, scratch, script, scumble, set out,
     shade, silhouette, silver-print drawing, sinopia, skeleton, sketch,
     sketch out, stencil, study, syllabary, symbol, symbolize,
     tablature, table, table of contents, take a rubbing, tint, trace,
     trace out, trace over, tracing, vignette, working drawing, write,
     writing