DIAGRAM (diagrammed, diagramming)

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Irregular inflected forms: diagrammed    , diagramming   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagram mean? 

• DIAGRAM (noun)
  The noun DIAGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

  Familiarity information: DIAGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

• DIAGRAM (verb)
  The verb DIAGRAM has 1 sense:

1. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

  Familiarity information: DIAGRAM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("diagram" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diagram"):

block diagram (a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system))

horoscope (a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place)

schematic; schematic drawing (diagram of an electrical or mechanical system)

Venn's diagram; Venn diagram (a diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set); elements that are common to more than one set are represented by intersections of the circles)

zodiac ((astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs)

Derivation:

diagram (make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed)

diagrammatic; diagrammatical (shown or represented by diagrams)

• DIAGRAM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they diagram    ... he / she / it diagrams   
Past simple: diagramed    / diagrammed   
Past participle: diagramed    / diagrammed   
-ing form: diagraming    / diagramming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

diagram; plot

Hypernyms (to "diagram" is one way to...):

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diagram"):

graph (plot upon a graph)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

diagram (a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts)

diagramming (providing a chart or outline of a system)

 Context examples 

NOTE(S): Please refer to the Defined Activity Status state transition diagram for further details.

(Defined Activity Status Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

This diagram represents some of the current understanding of the cascades that couple ceramide to specific signaling pathways.

(Ceramide Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This diagram illustrates these three PKA-RII binding complexes.

(Centrosome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

NOTE(S): Please refer to the Processing Status state transition diagram for further details.

(Document Version Workflow Status, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A diagram that shows the order of steps in a complex process.

(Flow chart, NCI Dictionary)

NOTE(S): Please refer to the Performed Activity Status state transition diagram for further details.

(Performed Activity Status Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A diagram that shows relationships among family members.

(Pedigree, NCI Dictionary)

A diagram that shows step-by-step progression through a procedure or system especially using connecting lines and a set of conventional symbols.

(Flowchart, NCI Thesaurus)

He sat in a rotating chair behind a broad table, which was covered with books, maps, and diagrams.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI Short Form) On the diagram, shade in the areas where you feel pain.

(BPI Short Form - Areas of Pain, NCI Thesaurus)