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graph¹ Definition

graph (graf, gräf)

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

Etymology: short for graphic formula

transitive verb

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

graph² Definition

graph (graf, gräf)

noun

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

Etymology: see -graph

graph Synonyms

graph

n.

diagram, chart, linear representation; see design 1, plan 1.

graph Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • interpret: Topics: Interpreting graphs, reading tables, calculations What a Funny Looking Graph!
  • plot: Graphs - The Graph menu enables you to plot graphs from the data.
  • draw: Asked to draw graph of knee angles in child.
  • redraw: Then, with the left-hand button depressed, drag the mouse to redraw the graph.
  • construct: Data handling ( Maths / Stats ) Ages: 11,12,13,14,15,16 What is the best way to construct a graph from data that is ranked?

Adjective modifier

  • quadratic: The arbitrariness of the choice was underlined later, when the teacher introduced a quadratic graph.
  • undirected: For an undirected graph, the number of edges incident to a vertex is its degree.
  • planar: Abstract In 1977, Appel and Haken proved that every planar graph is four vertex colourable.
  • distance-time: Understand how to calculate speed from a distance-time graph.
  • 2d: Early vector fields were laboriously plotted by hand on 2D graphs to represent magnetic fields, winds, and other rigorous, multi-variate data.
  • connected: The search space is transformed into a connected graph.

Modifies a noun

  • visualization: Abstract This paper describes a graph visualization method that attempts to aid the understanding of graphs by adding continuous local movement to graph diagrams.
  • coloring: Sudoku puzzles can be expressed as a graph coloring problem.
  • theory: Use of techniques derived from graph theory to compare secondary structure motifs in proteins.

Noun used with modifier

  • scatter: Topics: Scatter graphs, lines of best fit Too Many Boys?
  • stress-strain: To reinforce these concepts, a stress-strain graph is plotted for each of the above materials at two values of elapsed time.
  • visibility: Figure 9 shows the correlation between the integration values of visibility graph analysis and pedestrian movement patterns.
  • bar: A bar graph is produced to indicate the quality of each answer.

Possessives

  • toolbar: The graph's toolbar has a button that can toggle on and off and change the proportions of the two graphs in the dialog.

Preposition: of

  • f: Starting with ( x 0, x 0 ) on the diagonal, draw a vertical line to the graph of f.