diagram : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: diagram	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diagram n a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts v make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed Synonym(s): diagram, plot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diagram \Di"a*gram\, v. t. To put into the form of a diagram.