diagram

[Lat. diagramma =a scale; Gr. diagramma = a figure, or plan: dia = acro , through, and gramma = a drawing; graphō = to write, to draw.] IMG:content-2389.png:[blocks in formation] measur "The terms are diagrammatically placed upon a level." -Sir W. Hamilton. di-a-grăm-mět-er, s. [English diagram , and meter .] An instrument specially made for me ing the ordinates of indicator-diagrams 5" long, and after the manner of parallel rule, the used much at the are being first placed at zero; when it is required to register a measurement the brake key is depre ed, and when all the measurements have been taken the distance the nut has traveled gives the mean ordinate.