NOMOGRAM


Meaning of NOMOGRAM in English

/nom"euh gram', noh"meuh-/ , n.

1. a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.

2. any similar graph used to show the relation between quantities, values, numbers, and so on. Also called nomograph /nom"euh graf', -grahf', noh"meuh-/ , alignment chart .

[ 1905-10; NOMO- + -GRAM 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .