to diagram
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈdaɪəɡræm/
:
esquematizar
- In class, we were asked to diagram the flow of electricity in the circuit.
- diagram the relationships
Botulism toxin causes an inhibition of the release of acetylcholine, as diagrammed here.
- Botulism toxin causes an inhibition of the release of acetylcholine, as diagrammed here.
Examples
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Do you teach your student teachers how to diagram, Dr. Gerlach?
Fiction book (2001) -
Encourage individuals to imagine a new musical sound source or instrument and to draw or diagram it on paper.
Academic text (1991) -
Who wants to diagram it for me?
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Take it apart, but slow, so I can diagram how to put it back together again.
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In this lesson, students used the concept map to diagram and discuss relationships between key vocabulary words from the text.
Academic text (2013) -
And that's part of what I'm trying to diagram here.
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Students can diagram sentences and have an amazing understanding of phonetic stress marks.
Academic text (1990) -
What we'd like is if you could diagram on the light pad the orbital pattern that your planet takes through this system.
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Essentially, the patient and clinician diagram the patient's symptoms as well as contributing factors to determine the mechanisms that link them.
Academic text (2015) -
Linna quickly programmed the notebook to diagram the walls surveyed so far.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
939
1.0
Make a picture with a pen or pencil
301
3.5
To explain something using pictures or examples
79
3.5
To make a picture or table that shows information clearly
33
6.7
To draw a chart or diagram that shows how things relate
Compounds
- Specialized
4
3.1
A picture of overlapping circles that shows shared and separate parts
- Specialized
1
4.2
A simple picture showing the main parts of a system and how they connect
- Specialized
1
3.8
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program
- Specialized
1
4.1
A drawing that shows how electric wires connect and where they go in a machine or building
- Specialized
A flat picture that shows numbers with a real and an imaginary part as points on two axes
- Specialized
A drawing that uses symbols to show how electronic or computer parts make simple yes-or-no decisions
- Specialized
A picture that shows how an antenna sends a signal in different directions
A drawing that shows lines branching from one point to show connections, like a family tree
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diagram comes from the same Greek parts dia- 'through' and -gram 'something written or drawn', so to diagram is literally to make a 'written across' picture. That is why to diagram something today means to draw or make a clear chart that shows its parts or how it works.