Diagram



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• n. 图解, 图表
• ［英］ n. 图解, 图表 ( drawing that uses simple lines to illustrate a machine, structure , process)
• ［记］ dia ( 穿过, 二者之间) +gram ( 写, 图) -> 交叉对着画 -> 图表

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Greek diagramma, from diagraphein to mark out by lines, from dia- + graphein to write — more at carve
• Date: 1619
• 1. a graphic design that explains rather than represents; especially a drawing that shows arrangement and relations (as of parts)
• 2. a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes
• ? diagrammable adjective
• ? diagrammatic also diagrammatical adjective
• ? diagrammatically adverb

II. transitive verb (-grammed or diagramed; -gramming or diagraming)

• Date: 1785
• to represent by or put into the form of a diagram <diagram a sentence><diagram a football play>

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