diagram

diagram
    n 1: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a
         drawing showing the relation between the parts
    v 1: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows
         interactions among variables or how something is
         constructed [syn: {diagram}, {plot}]
    

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.
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   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.
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   {Indicator diagram}. (Steam Engine) See {Indicator card},
      under {indicator}
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Diagram \Di"a*gram\, v. t.
   To put into the form of a diagram.
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141 Moby Thesaurus words for "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