different between proposition vs diagram

English

Etymology

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin pr?positi?, from the verb pr?pon?.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: präp'?-z?sh??n IPA^(key): /?p??p??z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: prop?o?si?tion

Noun

proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)

1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
   • c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:

     Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

6. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

   the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

   • 1654, Jeremy Taylor, XXVIII Sermons preached at Golden Grove […]

     Some persons […] change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.

10. (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
11. Misspelling of preposition.

Synonyms

• (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
• (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
• (terms offered): proposal
• (content of an assertion): statement
• (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):

Derived terms

• propositional

Translations

Verb

proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)

1. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
2. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Related terms

• propose

Translations

Anagrams

• opistoporin

Finnish

Noun

proposition

1. Genitive singular form of propositio.

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?positi? (“statement, proposition”), from pr?p?n? (“propose”), from p?n? (“place; assume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.po.zi.sj??/
• Homophone: propositions

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

1. proposition, suggestion
2. (grammar) proposition
3. (grammar) clause

Further reading

• “proposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

proposition

1. Alternative form of proposicioun

Norman

Etymology

From Latin pr?positi?, pr?positi?nem.

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

1. (Jersey) proposition
2. (Jersey, grammar) clause

Derived terms

• proposition prîncipale (“main clause”)
• proposition s'gondaithe (“subordinate clause”)

Swedish

Noun

proposition c

1. a proposition, a government bill (draft of a law, proposed by the government)

Usage notes

• bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion

Declension

Related terms

• budgetproposition
• forskningsproposition
• försvarsproposition
• kompletteringsproposition
• kulturproposition
• propositionell
• statsverksproposition

References

English

Alternative forms

• diagramme (archaic)

Etymology

From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?da?.?.??æm/, /?da?.??æm/

Noun

diagram (plural diagrams)

1. A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

   Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.

2. A graph or chart.
3. (category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

Synonyms

• (plan or similar to show relationships or similar): schematic

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:diagram

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

diagram (third-person singular simple present diagrams, present participle diagraming or diagramming, simple past and past participle diagramed or diagrammed)

1. (transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.
2. (Britain) To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.

Related terms

• diagrammatic
• diagrammatically

References

• diagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• diagram on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• diagram at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?ja?ram]

Noun

diagram m

1. diagram

Declension

Derived terms

• diagram rybí kosti m
• stavový diagram m

Further reading

• diagram in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• diagram in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

diagram n (singular definite diagrammet, plural indefinite diagrammer)

1. diagram

Declension

References

• “diagram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French diagramme or English diagram, from Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.a???r?m/
• Hyphenation: di?a?gram
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

diagram n (plural diagrammen, diminutive diagrammetje n)

1. diagram

Derived terms

• staafdiagram
• venndiagram

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dij??r?m]
• Hyphenation: di?ag?ram
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

diagram (plural diagramok)

1. diagram

Declension

References

Further reading

• diagram in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)

Noun

diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram or diagrammer, definite plural diagramma or diagrammene)

1. diagram

References

• “diagram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (diágramma)

Noun

diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram, definite plural diagramma)

1. diagram

References

• “diagram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dja.?ram/

Noun

diagram m inan

1. diagram

Declension

Swedish

Noun

diagram n

1. a diagram, a graph, a drawing

Declension