GRAPH
What does "GRAPH" mean?
A diagram showing the relationship between quantities, typically plotted on axes.
Meanings
- A visual chart of data, such as a line, bar, or pie graph, showing how values relate. The graph showed sales climbing every quarter.
- In mathematics, a set of points (vertices) connected by edges, used to model networks. They modeled the subway as a graph of stations and links. technical
- To plot or represent something as a graph. Graph the function and find where it crosses zero.
Did you know?
- The mathematical field of graph theory was born in 1736 when Leonhard Euler proved you cannot walk through Konigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once - the first theorem about networks.
Word origin
Shortened from 'graphic formula', from Greek 'graphein', meaning 'to write or draw' - the same root behind 'graphite', 'photograph', and 'paragraph'.
Remember it
GRAPH shares 'graph-' (to draw) with photograph and autograph - a graph is data, drawn.
A little poem
A scatter of dots, a climbing line-
the chaos confesses its design.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the data point feel lonely on the graph? It had no connection - until someone drew an edge.
What it teaches
Plot enough scattered moments and a hidden shape always rises out of the noise.
Quick facts
What does GRAPH mean?
A diagram showing the relationship between quantities, typically plotted on axes.
Is GRAPH a valid word?
Yes — GRAPH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAPH?
GRAPH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAPH come from?
Shortened from 'graphic formula', from Greek 'graphein', meaning 'to write or draw' - the same root behind 'graphite', 'photograph', and 'paragraph'.
What can GRAPH teach us?
Plot enough scattered moments and a hidden shape always rises out of the noise.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.