Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument by which persons without knowledge of drawing or perspective can reproduce the figures of objects before their eyes.
  • noun A combined protractor and scale used in plotting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A drawing instrument that combines a protractor and scale.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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Examples

  • "I'd love to see what would be in the middle of a Venn diagraph of Boycott and Gaga fans."

    England v Bangladesh - as it happened morning session 2010

  • And then also graphs by scientists, this beautiful diagraph of protein homology.

    Paola Antonelli previews "Design and the Elastic Mind" Paola Antonelli 2007

  • And then also graphs by scientists, this beautiful diagraph of protein homology.

    Paola Antonelli previews "Design and the Elastic Mind" Paola Antonelli 2007

  • And then also graphs by scientists, this beautiful diagraph of protein homology.

    Paola Antonelli previews "Design and the Elastic Mind" Paola Antonelli 2007

  • In the orthography of the Felibres the diagraph ue is used as we find it in Old French to represent this vowel.

    Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901

  • The "ae" in gedaefte, written as a single intertwined character a diagraph, was a vowel called "ash," from a northern European runic letter that looked like a downcast F.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2012

  • To interpret this diagram, you need to be aware that this is a hierarchical state machine diagraph, also known as a UML State Machine, as described here:

    MSDN Blogs msclustm 2010

  • To interpret this diagram, you need to be aware that this is a hierarchical state machine diagraph, also known as a UML State Machine, as described here:

    MSDN Blogs msclustm 2010

  • But I'm obsessed with it: there's nothing better than having an old school diagraph still kicking around like an appendix.

    Nico Muhly 2009

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