Diagram
A diagram is a symbolic representation of information according to visualization technique. Diagrams have been used since ancient times, but became more prevalent during the Enlightenment. Sometimes, the technique uses a three-dimensional visualization which is then projected onto a two-dimensional surface. The word graph is sometimes used as a synonym for diagram.
Diagram (noun)
A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
“Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.”
Diagram (noun)
A graph or chart.
Diagram (noun)
A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram’s codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be “of type J in C”.
Diagram (verb)
To represent or indicate something using a diagram.
Diaphragm (noun)
In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
Diaphragm (noun)
Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
Diaphragm (noun)
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
Diaphragm (noun)
A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
Diaphragm (noun)
In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
Diaphragm (noun)
A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
Diaphragm (noun)
A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
Diaphragm (noun)
A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
Diaphragm (verb)
To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
Diaphragm (verb)
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
Diagram (noun)
a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation
“a diagram of the living room”
Diagram (noun)
a figure composed of lines that is used to illustrate a definition or statement or to aid in the proof of a proposition.
Diagram (noun)
a graphical schedule for operating railway locomotives and rolling stock in order to provide a desired service.
Diagram (verb)
represent (something) in graphic form
“the experiment is diagrammed on page fourteen”
Diagram (verb)
schedule the operations of (a locomotive or train) according to a diagram.