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   diagram

   /ˈdʌɪəɡram/

   noun

   • 1. a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation: "a diagram of the living room"
   • ▪ a figure composed of lines that is used to illustrate a definition or statement or to aid in the proof of a proposition.
   • ▪ a graphical schedule for operating railway locomotives and rolling stock in order to provide a desired service.

   verb

   • 1. represent (something) in graphic form: "the experiment is diagrammed on page fourteen"
   • ▪ schedule the operations of (a locomotive or train) according to a diagram.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein ‘mark out by lines’, from dia ‘through’ + graphein ‘write’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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