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graph Pronunciation: (graf, gräf), [key] — n.
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc. a series of points, discrete or continuous, as in forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function. Also calledlinear graph.a network of lines connecting points. a written symbol for an idea, a sound, or a linguistic expression. —v.t. to draw (a curve) as representing a given function. to represent by means of a graph. graph- var. ofbefore a vowel: grapheme. -graph 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). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.