diagrams

NOUN

drawing, sketch of form or plan

Synonyms

STRONG

blueprint chart description design draft figure game layout outline perspective representation

WEAK

big picture floor plan game plan ground plan rough draft

Example Sentences

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Patterns resembling Voronoi diagrams can often be seen in nature, including the markings on giraffes.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

In “The Sheep Detectives,” the woolly ungulates themselves set about solving a heinous crime: gathering evidence, bringing it to light, and even drawing diagrams to point dimwitted humans in the right direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Over time, published diagrams came close to showing the true shape of the optic nerves but never captured it fully.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

He writes his great-grandfather's "technical diagrams of ramps and pulleys suggest that he was also a trained engineer who couldn't resist a project".

From BBC • May 3, 2025

He grabbed a piece of scrap paper and spent nearly a half-hour drawing diagrams and explaining the basic biology of cells as Deborah asked questions.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot