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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

The Journal visualized the scene with 3-D modeling software using diagrams from vehicle manufacturers, open-source mapping data, crime-scene photos, court documents and interviews with firearms experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

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

Prosecutors said Zhao transmitted "plans for a large-scale maritime training exercise in the Pacific theatre, operational orders and electrical diagrams and blueprints for a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system located in Okinawa, Japan".

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

I don’t want to forget what I’ve learned, so I make mental diagrams of the respiratory system, the process of condensation, meiosis and mitosis.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau