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nomography|nəˈmɒgrəfɪ|
[ad. F. nomographie (M. d'Ocagne Nomographie. Les calculs usuels effectués au moyen des abaques, etc. (1891)), f. Gr. νοµο- nomo- + F. -graphie -graphy: cf. nomography s.v. nomo-]
The technique of using or devising nomograms.
1909in Cent. Dict. Suppl. [with Fr. reference]. 1913R. K. Hezlet (title) Nomography. 1918Inst. Automobile Engin. Proc. XII. 187 Nomography can be an aid to efficiency in the drawing office and factory. 1951Engineering 3 Aug. 160/1 Although nomography is by no means a new branch of mathematics, the use of nomograms seems never to have become widespread. 1965[see nomographic a. below].
Hence noˈmographer, one who employs nomography; nomoˈgraphic a., involving or being a nomogram; nomoˈgraphically adv., by means of a nomogram.
1915,1918Nomographic [see alignment 6]. 1947Douglass & Adams Elem. Nomography p. v, This book uses the term ‘nomographic chart’ in the popular sense to refer to alignment diagrams. Ibid. p. vii, However, the successful rule-of-thumb or short-cut nomographer is not to be criticized for his approach. 1965W. H. Burrows Graphical Techniques for Engin. Computations p. ix, A modification of existing theory..pointed the way towards the development of a new theory of nomographic representation, the hyperbolic coordinate method from which have grown generalizations and extensions covering the entire field of nomography. 1965A. S. Levens Graphical Methods Res. ii. 81 The amount of material given up during ablation..can be determined nomographically for heat input rates from 100 to 5,000 Btu/ft.2-sec. |