■ noun a diagram representing mathematical or logical sets as circles, common elements of the sets being represented by intersections of the circles.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the English logician John Venn .
■ noun a diagram representing mathematical or logical sets as circles, common elements of the sets being represented by intersections of the circles.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the English logician John Venn .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004