Library / English Dictionary

TREE DIAGRAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A figure that branches from a single root

Example:

genealogical tree

Synonyms:

tree; tree diagram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("tree diagram" is a kind of...):

plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree diagram"):

cladogram (a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships)

stemma (a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work)

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