Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An instrument by which persons without knowledge of drawing or perspective can reproduce the figures of objects before their eyes. It consists of a carriage for a pencil governed by a system of cords and pulleys working at right angles to one another, and set in motion by the movement of a pointer, which is passed by the operator, who is careful to keep his eye at a fixed point of view, around the apparent outlines of his subject. The pencil describes on the paper the exact motions of the pointer, and thus reproduces the desired object.
- n. A combined protractor and scale used in plotting.
Wiktionary
- n. dated A drawing instrument that combines a protractor and scale.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I'd love to see what would be in the middle of a Venn diagraph of Boycott and Gaga fans.”
“And then also graphs by scientists, this beautiful diagraph of protein homology.”
“In the orthography of the Felibres the diagraph ue is used as we find it in Old French to represent this vowel.”
“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.”
“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:”
“But I'm obsessed with it: there's nothing better than having an old school diagraph still kicking around like an appendix.”
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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