graph

The definition of a graph is a diagram showing the relationships between two or more things.

(noun)

An example of graph is a pie chart.

Graph is defined as to create a diagram that shows a relationship between two or more things.

(verb)

An example of graph is to create a series of bars on graphing paper.

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See graph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a diagram, as a curve, broken line, or series of bars, representing various kinds of quantitative information and relationships, such as the successive changes in a variable quantity or quantities
  2. Math.
    1. a curve or surface showing the values of a function
    2. a diagram consisting of nodes and links and representing logical relationships or sequences of events

Origin: short for graphic formula

transitive verb

to put in the form of, or represent by, a graph

noun

a writing-system unit which may be a representation of a phoneme, a syllable, etc.

Origin: see -graph

  1. something that writes or records: telegraph
  2. something written, drawn, or recorded: monograph

Origin: Gr -graphos < graphein: see graphic

See graph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A diagram that exhibits a relationship, often functional, between two sets of numbers as a set of points having coordinates determined by the relationship. Also called plot.
  2. A pictorial device, such as a pie chart or bar graph, used to illustrate quantitative relationships. Also called chart.
transitive verb graphed, graph·ing, graphs
  1. To represent by a graph.
  2. To plot (a function) on a graph.

Origin:

Origin: Short for graphic formula

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noun
  1. The spelling of a word.
  2. Any of the possible forms of a grapheme.
  3. A written character that represents a vowel, consonant, syllable, word, or other expression and that cannot be further analyzed.

Origin:

Origin: Greek graphē, writing; see graphic

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suffix
  1. Something written or drawn: monograph.
  2. An instrument for writing, drawing, or recording: seismograph.

Origin:

Origin: French -graphe

Origin: , from Late Latin -graphus

Origin: , from Greek -graphos

Origin: , from graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots

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