diagram

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡræm/ or /ˈdaɪ.ɡræm/

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Noun

Singular diagram

Plural diagrams

Example of a diagram to show how a machine is set up

1. (countable) A diagram is a drawing, or sketch, to show how something, such as a machine, works.

   You can see from this diagram that the electric switch is very simple, in fact.

   Here is a diagram of some machines in a power plant.

Verb

Plain form diagram

Third-person singular diagrams

Past tense diagramed

Past participle diagramed

Present participle diagraming

Plain form diagram

Third-person singular diagrams

Past tense diagrammed

Past participle diagrammed

Present participle diagramming

1. (transitive) If you diagram something or someone, you show it using a diagram.

   They diagramed the building they were about to build.