graph

  1. Noun.  A diagram displaying data; in particular one showing the relationship between two or more quantities, measurements or indicative numbers that may or may not have a specific mathematical formula relating them to each other.
  2. Noun.  (mathematics) A diagram displaying data, in particular one showing the relationship between two or more variables; specifically, for a function f(x_1, x_2, ldots, x_n), the set of all tuples (x_1, x_2, ldots, x_n, f(x_1, x_2, ldots, x_n)).
  3. Noun.  (graph theory) An ordered pair (V,E), where V is a set of elements called ''vertices'' (or ''nodes'') and E is a set of pairs of elements of V, called ''edges''; informally, a set of vertices together with a set edges that join these vertices.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To draw a graph.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, mathematics) To draw a graph of a function.

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