Diagram Meaning
/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
nounA graph or chart.
Sentence Examples
This diagram will illustrate what I mean.
Let me explain it with a diagram.
The results are shown in diagram 2.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please study the ____ of the engine before attempting repairs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This ____ will illustrate what I mean.
Word Origin & History
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).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story."
— 2012 March 26, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
"A common way to represent change in state over time is via a timing diagram."
— 1999, Bruce Powel Douglass, Doing Hard Time: Developing Real-time Systems with UML, Objects, Frameworks, and Patterns, page 520:
"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"
— 2010, Susan Schneider, Science Fiction and Philosophy:
"Various terms for this type of graph seem to be used interchangeably: 'scatter diagram', 'scatter graph' and 'scatter plot'."
— 2013, Caroline Rickard, Essential Primary Mathematics, page 215:
"This powerful visual tool, known as the sawtooth diagram, is used to analyze inventory behavior over time."
— 2016, Stephen Cimorelli, Kanban for the Supply Chain, page 29:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please study the ____ of the engine before attempting repairs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This ____ will illustrate what I mean.