graph
noun
[ ɡrɑːf ]
• a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles.
graph
verb
• plot or trace on a graph.
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation of graphic formula .
graph
noun
• a visual symbol representing a unit of sound or other feature of speech. Graphs include not only letters of the alphabet but also punctuation marks.
Origin:
1930s: from Greek graphē ‘writing’.
-graph
combining form
• in nouns denoting something written or drawn in a specified way.
• "autograph"
• in nouns denoting an instrument that records.
• "seismograph"
Origin:
from French -graphe, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’.
