diagrammaticadj.
/ˌdʌɪəɡrəˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌdaɪəɡrəˈmædɪk/ Having the form or nature of a diagram; of or pertaining to diagrams.
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figurative1800
diagramic1839
diagrammatic1853
schematic1856
diagrammatical1880
1853 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. (ed. 2) 667 Aristotle undoubtedly had in his eye, when he discriminates the syllogistic terms, a certain diagrammatic contrast of the figures.
1853 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. (ed. 2) 671 (note) The several diagrammatic figures are also each in a different position.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 305 The appended diagrammatic scheme.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xi. §98. 331 Diagramatic [sic] representations of births, marriages, and deaths.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xviii. 262 (caption) Diagrammatic view of drift deposits of the basin of the Forth.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 522 This arrangement appears with quite diagrammatic regularity in..bast.
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adj.1853