diagram

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.

A graph or chart.

(crosswording) A crossword grid.

(category theory) 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".

verb

(transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

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

Roots

diadia- · Greek · through, across gramma-gram · Greek · writing, letter

Synonyms for diagram

chartn graphn scheman schematizev illustrationn plotn outlinen mapn blueprintn sketchn pictogram delineationn delineatev figuren depictionn

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