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diagrammatic, a.|ˌdaɪəgrəˈmætɪk|
[f. Gr. διαγραµµατ- stem of διάγραµµα diagram + -ic, after Gr. γραµµατικός.]
Having the form or nature of a diagram; of or pertaining to diagrams.
1853Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (ed. 2) App. ii. 667 Aristotle undoubtedly had in his eye, when he discriminates the syllogistic terms, a certain diagrammatic contrast of the figures. Ibid. 671 note, The several diagrammatic figures are also each in a different position. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc. Chem. 305 The appended diagrammatic scheme. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. x. §87 (1875) 268 Diagrammatic representations of births, marriages, and deaths. 1873Geikie Gt. Ice Age xviii. 242 Diagrammatic view of drift deposits of the basin of the Forth. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 522 This arrangement appears with quite diagrammatic regularity in..bast. |