Graph Definition

grăf
graphed, graphing, graphs
noun
graphs
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.
Webster's New World
A curve or surface showing the values of a function.
Webster's New World
A diagram consisting of nodes and links and representing logical relationships or sequences of events.
Webster's New World
The spelling of a word.
American Heritage
A writing-system unit which may be a representation of a phoneme, a syllable, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
graphed, graphing, graphs
To put in the form of, or represent by, a graph.
Webster's New World
To plot (a function) on a graph.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
suffix
Something written or drawn.
Monograph.
American Heritage
An instrument for writing, drawing, or recording.
Seismograph.
American Heritage
affix
Something that writes or records.
Telegraph.
Webster's New World
Something written, drawn, or recorded.
Monograph.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Graph

Noun

Singular:
graph
Plural:
graphs

Origin of Graph

  • French -graphe from Late Latin -graphus from Greek -graphos from graphein to write gerbh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Gr -graphos < graphein: see graphic

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Greek graphē writing graphic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortening of graphic formula.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for graphic formula

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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