Graph (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
  2. Mathematics.
    • a series of points, discrete or continuous, forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function.
    • a network of lines connecting points.
  3. a written symbol for an idea, a sound, or a linguistic expression.
  4. a non-hierarchical data structure whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent connections to other nodes in the structure.
verb (used with object)
  1. to draw (a curve) as representing a given function.
  2. to represent by means of a graph.
  1. variant of grapho- before a vowel: grapheme.
  1. a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph); specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph).
noun
  1. a drawing depicting the relation between certain sets of numbers or quantities by means of a series of dots, lines, etc, plotted with reference to a set of axes
  2. a drawing depicting a functional relation between two or three variables by means of a curve or surface containing only those points whose coordinates satisfy the relation
  3. a structure represented by a diagram consisting of points (vertices) joined by lines (edges)
  4. a symbol in a writing system not further subdivisible into other such symbols
verb
  1. to draw or represent in a graph
n combining form
  1. an instrument that writes or records
  2. a writing, record, or drawing
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