单词 | diagram |
释义 | diagramn. 1. Geometry. A figure composed of lines, serving to illustrate a definition or statement, or to aid in the proof of a proposition. polar diagram: a spherical polygon, i.e. one traced on the surface of a sphere, whose sides are arcs joining the poles of the sides of a given spherical polygon. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > for illustrative purposes diagram1645 1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 68 The Diagram on the Table directs for the making of it thus. 1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 74 Diagram, a word used by the Mathematicks for any thing that is demonstrated by lines. 1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §50 The diagrams in a geometrical demonstration. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §134 Another closed or open polygon, constituting what is called the polar diagram to the given polygon. 2. An illustrative figure which, without representing the exact appearance of an object, gives an outline or general scheme of it, so as to exhibit the shape and relations of its various parts.Hence applied to such different designs as a map of the heavens, a delineation of a crystal, a representation of microscopic forms, etc. floral diagram (Botany): a linear drawing showing the position and number of the parts of a flower as seen on a transverse section. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > in outline diagram1619 adumbration1677 pictogram1906 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 16 I must entreat you to examine this following Diagram. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. v. 111 To set downe in a Scheme, or Diagram, both the number and order of all the heauenly Orbs. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Building If the Workman be well skill'd in perspective more than one face may be represented in one Diagram, scenographically. 1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xviii. 324 A scroll, on which is drawn a remarkable diagram relative to the solar system. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 165 Illustrated..by diagrams, the interview which he had with that professor. c1860 M. Faraday Var. Forces Nature 175 I have shown in this diagram..the rays of a candle. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. ii. v. 524 Diagram of the flower of Liliaceæ. 3. a. A set of lines, marks, or tracings which represent symbolically the course or results of any action or process, or the variations which characterize it; e.g. the intensity of action or quality, the rise and fall of temperature or pressure, of the death-rate, rate of emigration, rate of exchange, the derivation and mutual relation of languages, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram diagram1839 abac1890 histogram1891 alignment diagram1905 alignment chart1908 argand1908 nomogram1909 nomograph1909 histograph1915 Karnaugh map1958 Penrose diagram1973 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > diagram figurec1400 scheme1649 skiagraph1657 diagram1839 diagraph1853 schema1890 schematic1929 decision tree1957 cladogram1965 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 157 The diagram points out that the steam port was now closed. 1876 Daily News 30 Sept. 2/2 Five successive shots..within a few feet of each other..In small-arm parlance, the gun has made a wonderfully ‘good diagram’. 1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 242 We may represent the thermoelectric powers of different metals at different temperatures by a diagram. b. A delineation used to symbolize related abstract propositions or mental processes.Often with defining word prefixed, as indicator-diagram (in the steam-engine: see indicator n. Compounds), acceleration-diagram, force-diagram, velocity-diagram. ΚΠ 1893 W. Minto Logic i. i. ii. 64 The relations between the terms in the four forms are represented by simple diagrams known as Euler's circles. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [noun] tableOE scorec1325 billa1340 calendar?a1400 legendc1400 librarya1450 Ragmanc1450 Ragman rollc1450 cataloguea1464 repertory1542 scrowa1545 bedroll?1552 roll1565 file1566 state1582 inventory1589 brief1600 series1601 counter-roll1603 list1604 muster roll1605 cense1615 pinax1625 repertoirec1626 diagram1631 recensiona1638 repertorium1667 vocabulary1694 albe1697 enumeration1725 screed1748 album1753 tableau1792 roll-call1833 shopping list1923 laundry list1958 remainder list1977 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 8 An Epitaph is..an astrict pithie Diagram, writ..vpon the tombe..declaring..the name, the age..and time of the death of the person therein interred. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §9 In only one Family..he makes a Diagramme consisting of almost an innumerable company of men. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] systemc1580 scale1597 diagram1656 gamut1702 harmonics1702 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diagram..in Musick is called a proportion of measures distinguished by certain notes. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Guido Aretine improved this Scale, or Diagram, very greatly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). diagramv. Chiefly U.S. transitive. To represent by a diagram, make a diagram of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] > diagram diagram1841 diagrammatize1884 diagraph1889 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 41 They are matters which refuse to be theoremed and diagramed. 1884 F. V. Irish Gram. or Anal. by Diagram Pref. 3 To diagram a few easy sentences. 1936 M. H. Bradley Five-minute Girl xii. 221 What else was she doing but winding the net about him, diagramming the ignominy of every exit? 1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words vii. 67 The..Ogden and Richards analysis can be diagrammed by a triangle. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xxi. 354 I had read Major H. Douglas's Social Credit, which analysed and diagrammed our economic system. 1970 Nature 14 Nov. 685/2 These two reactions can be diagrammed according to two schemes. Derivatives ˈdiagramed adj. ΚΠ 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 144/1 Diagrammed results of experiments. ˈdiagraming n. ΚΠ 1880 New Eng. Jrnl. Educ. 20 May 327/3 The specimens of diagraming sent us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1619v.1841 |
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