diagraming

Making visual layouts

Diagraming is the act of making diagrams—visual representations that explain how something works or how parts relate to each other.

In American education, sentence diagraming is a method of parsing grammar by arranging words on branching lines to show their syntactic relationships.

Also spelled diagramming.

technical

flowchart

Diagram showing workflow steps

architecture · system · process · workflow · network · hierarchy · structure · nodes · connections · arrows

scientific

data

Facts for analysis

  • graphVisual data display
  • chartData shown visually
  • plotStoryline or land parcel

axis · variables · illustration · experiment · results · labeling · annotation · cells · anatomy · biology

conceptual

mind map

Branching visual thought organizer

relationships · connections · Venn · outline · clustering · categories · hierarchy · branches · associations · themes

educational

sentence

Complete thought, grammatically

predicate · syntax · clause · phrase · modifier · parts of speech · linguistics · teaching · worksheet · exercise

engineering

CAD

Technical drawing technology

wiring · electrical · mechanical · assembly · components · specifications · drafting · scale · dimensions · tolerance

Opposites
visual representation vs. verbal description

diagramingnarrating

Telling events aloud

writing out · expounding · discoursing · verbalizing

analytical breakdown vs. holistic presentation

diagramingsummarizing

Condensing to main points

abstracting · generalizing · glossing over · synthesizing · condensing

visual representation vs. verbal/textual description

diagramingnarrating

Telling events aloud

writing out · essaying · paragraphing · dictating

Family

diagram, telegram, epigram, monogram, diagrams, hologram, anagram, diagramed, cryptogram

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