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diagram
1. A figure composed of lines, serving to illustrate a definition or statement, or to aid in the proof of a proposition.
2. An illustrative figure which, without representing the exact appearance of an object, gives an outline or general scheme of it, so as to exhibit the shape and relations of its various parts.
3. A simple, graphic depiction of an idea or object.
diagram, diaphragm
diagram (DIGH uh gram") (noun)
A drawing that illustrates, explains, or shows the parts of something: The diagram showed Fred how the clock operated.
diagram (DIGH uh gram") (verb)
To show or to explain something: The coach will diagram the new play on the blackboard for the football team.
diaphragm (DIGH uh fram") (noun)
The muscular partition between the chest and the abdomen in mammals; a thin membrane or partition: The football player complained that his diaphragm hurt after the hard tackle during the game.

The doctor drew a diagram to illustrate the location and functions of the body's diaphragm.

Word Entries containing the term: “diagram
morphographic map, physiographic diagram, landform map
A small-scale map showing landforms by the systematic application of a standardized set of simplified pictorial symbols that represent the appearance such forms would have if viewed obliquely from the air at an angle of about 45°.
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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
A plot of stellar temperatures (or, equivalently, spectral types or colors) and absolute magnitudes (or, equivalently, luminosities).

Most stars are within a diagonal belt, the main sequence, with white dwarfs and giants on either side.

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