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单词 -graph
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-graph n combining form
  1. an instrument that writes or records: telegraph
  2. a writing, record, or drawing: autograph, lithograph
Etymology: via Latin from Greek -graphos, from graphein to write

-graphic, -graphical adj combining form -graphically adv combining form
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
graph /græf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a diagram representing a system of connections or relations among two or more things, as by a number of dots, shapes, or lines.

v. [+ object]
  1. to represent by means of a graph:The economists graphed the current trends.
See -graph-.
-graph-, root. 
  1. Telecommunications-graph- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "written down, printed, drawn.'' This meaning is found in such words as: autograph, bibliography, biography, calligraphy, cartography, choreography, cinematography, digraph, geography, graph, graphic, graphite, hagiography, holography, ideograph, lexicography, lithography, mimeograph, monograph, oceanography, orthography, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, pornography, seismograph, telegraph, typography. See -gram.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
graph  (graf, gräf ),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
  2. [Math.]
    • Mathematicsa series of points, discrete or continuous, as in forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function.
    • MathematicsAlso called linear graph. a network of lines connecting points.
  3. a written symbol for an idea, a sound, or a linguistic expression.

v.t. 
  1. Mathematicsto draw (a curve) as representing a given function.
  2. to represent by means of a graph.
  • 1875–80; short for graphic formula; see graphic
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See map. 

graph-, 
  1. var. of grapho- before a vowel:grapheme.

-graph, 
  1. Telecommunicationsa combining form meaning "drawn,'' "written'' (lithograph;
    monograph
    );
    specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument (telegraph;
    phonograph
    ).
  • Greek -graphos (something) drawn or written, one who draws or writes. See grapho-

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