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单词 diagram
释义

diagram

[ dahy-uh-gram ]
/ ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /
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noun

a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something: a diagram of an engine.
a chart, plan, or scheme.

verb (used with object), di·a·gramed or di·a·grammed, di·a·gram·ing or di·a·gram·ming.

to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.

Origin of diagram

1610–20; <Latin diagramma<Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram1

OTHER WORDS FROM diagram

di·a·gram·ma·ble, adjectivemis·di·a·grammed, adjectiveun·di·a·gramed, adjectiveun·di·a·grammed, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for diagram

  • The task of diagramming a territory for invasion is one after Henry H. Rogers' own heart.

    Frenzied Finance|Thomas W. Lawson
  • In diagramming anything Flint could come to be certain that he had been a slow one.

    Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein

British Dictionary definitions for diagram

diagram
/ (ˈdaɪəˌɡræm) /

noun

a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationshipa Venn diagram

verb -grams, -gramming or -grammed or US -grams, -graming or -gramed

to show in or as if in a diagram

Derived forms of diagram

diagrammatic (ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk), adjectivediagrammatically, adverb

Word Origin for diagram

C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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