OXFORD DICTIONARY

diagram, n. & v.
--n.
1 a drawing showing the general scheme or outline of an object and its parts.
2 a graphic representation of the course or results of an action or process.
3 Geom. a figure made of lines used in proving a theorem etc.
--v.tr. (diagrammed, diagramming; US diagramed, diagraming) represent by means of a diagram.

Derivative

diagrammatic adj. diagrammatically adv.

Etymology

L diagramma f. Gk (as DIA-, -GRAM)

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THESAURUS

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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diagram

Representation

N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.

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