 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diagram
noun: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing
showing the relation between the parts
verb: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how
things work or how they are constructed [syn: {plot}]
[also: {diagramming}, {diagrammed}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, verb (used with an object)
To put into the form of a diagram.
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
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