diagram

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

   Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.

2. 2
   noun

   A graph or chart.

   A common way to represent change in state over time is via a timing diagram.

3. 3
   noun

   A crossword grid.

   Because you have fewer 10- to 15-letter entries in the diagram, you can make judgment calls more quickly by testing out the long ones at the outset.

4. 4
   verb

   To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.

   The timing and diagramming staff, too, were on duty for up to 21 hours devising 80 engine, 60 guards' and 25 carriage working diagrams.

5. 5
   noun

   a drawing intended to explain how something works

6. 6
   verb

   make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

7. 7
   noun

   A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

8. 8
   verb

   To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

Etymology

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).