Noun a diagram of the nervous system This diagram shows how the clock operates. Verb The coach diagrammed the new play on the blackboard. The students were required to diagram a sentence.
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Noun
The autopsy diagram indicates that Adams suffered a bullet wound in the back and wounds to the arm, thigh and ankle.Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 The diagram shows a smartphone charging on a Dell laptop. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2022 The bottom picture is a diagram of that same formation with the pistol added. Lance Reisland, cleveland, 21 July 2022 Amid Japan’s latest heat wave, Nintendo tweeted out a diagram of the Nintendo Switch with advisories on how to prevent overheating. Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 And at one point, General Flynn took out a diagram that supposedly showed IP addresses all over the world and who was communicating with whom via the machines. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 12 July 2022 An antigenic map is a diagram that shows how similar versus different the structures of various proteins are. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Their diagram designs evolved over two batches of publications, giving them opportunities to react to the efforts of other parties also jockeying for influence. Rj Andrews, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022 This diagram emphasized that each available intervention has its holes and that the key to combatting the pandemic was to layering interventions on top of each other so that no holes are left exposed. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 July 2022
Verb
When working to optimize customer interactions and increase conversions, customer journey maps can diagram how customers experience a product or service. Scott Williams, Forbes, 7 July 2022 This meant that production sound mixer David Wyman had to diagram a number of different communication techniques to record the dialogue and allow the actors to hear any off-camera lines no matter where they were performed on set. Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021 Better than that, the coaches have the ability to place an inset on the screen diagramming plays Deer Park will want to employ next season. Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2020 His stiff-necked sense of authenticity and his self-confidence in his salesman’s ability to close the deal make his every burst of oratory a daunting challenge to those who diagram sentences. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020 Drawings at the time, produced as part of the city’s environmental review process, diagramed the heart of the Western Yard as a greensward with a lawn passing beneath the High Line and spilling to 12th Avenue at West 30th Street. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2020 Even after squandering a 15-point lead and allowing the Pistons to surge in front Tuesday night, the brief review allowed the Cavs to diagram a play. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020 And don’t worry, the set comes complete with a handy how-to diagram for any facial tool newcomers. Tanisha Pina, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2019 Position groups did their own things, with safeties coach Joe Harasymiak asking players to diagram Xs and Os on the white big board. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Greek diagramma, from diagraphein to mark out by lines, from dia- + graphein to write — more at carve