New American Oxford Dictionary
nomogram
nom o gram |ˈnäməˌgram ˈnɑməˌɡræm |(also nomograph |-ˌgraf |) ▶noun a diagram representing the relations between three or more variable quantities by means of a number of scales, so arranged that the value of one variable can be found by a simple geometric construction, for example, by drawing a straight line intersecting the other scales at the appropriate values. DERIVATIVES nom o graph ic |ˌnäməˈgrafik, ˌnō - |adjective, nom o graph i cal ly |ˌnäməˈgrafik (ə )lē, ˌnō - |adverb, no mog ra phy |nəˈmägrəfē |noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek nomos ‘law ’ + -gram 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
nomogram
nomogram |ˈnɒməgram, ˈnəʊm - |(also nomograph |-grɑːf |) ▶noun a diagram representing the relations between three or more variable quantities by means of a number of scales, so arranged that the value of one variable can be found by a simple geometrical construction, e.g. by drawing a straight line intersecting the other scales at the appropriate values. DERIVATIVES nomographic |-ˈgrafɪk |adjective, nomographically |-ˈgrafɪk (ə )li |adverb, nomography |nəˈmɒgrəfi |noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek nomos ‘law ’ + -gram 1 .
Duden Dictionary
Nomogramm
No mo gramm Substantiv, Neutrum Mathematik , das |Nomogr a mm |zu Nomos und griechisch gráphein = schreiben Schaubild, Zeichnung als Hilfsmittel zum grafischen Rechnen ein Nomogramm aufstellen, zeichnen