graph

CEFRB1

/ɡɹæf/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A drawing that shows how numbers or facts are related.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Examples

  • In mathematics, a quiver is a directed graph.

  • The differing volumes of carbon emissions are plotted in the graph below.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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  • /ɡɹaf/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.

  2. A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

  3. A morphism Γ_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to Γ_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to Γ_f is equal to f.

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In context

  • The math teacher drew a graph on the blackboard.

  • 1969 [MIT Press], Thomas Walsh, Randell Magee (translators), I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol, Functions and Graphs, 2002, Dover, page 19, Let us take any point of the first graph, for example, x=1/2,y=4/5, that is, the point M_1(1/2,4/5).

  • 1973, Edward Minieka (translator), Claude Berge, Graphs and Hypergraphs, Elsevier (North-Holland), [1970, Claude Berge, Graphes et Hypergraphes], page vii, Problems involving graphs first appeared in the mathematical folklore as puzzles (e.g. Königsberg bridg...

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Origin

noun

Clipping of graphic formula. From 1878; verb from 1889.