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nomogram Definition

nomo·gram (näm′ə gram′, nō′mə-)

noun

a set of scales for the variables in a problem which are so distorted and so placed that a straight line connecting the known values on some scales will provide the unknown values at its intersections with other scales
also nomograph nom′o·graph′
nomogram Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • develop: The Harvard physiologist L. J. Henderson developed a nomogram to represent the physiology of blood.