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Sankey diagram

Sankey diagram noun: a flow diagram in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.

Noun

Sankey diagram (plural Sankey diagrams)

  1. A flow diagram in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.

Forms of Sankey diagram

pluralSankey diagrams

Origin of Sankey diagram

Named after the Irish captain Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, who used this type of diagram in 1898 to illustrate the energy efficiency of a steam engine.

Questions about Sankey diagram

What does Sankey diagram mean?
Sankey diagram means a flow diagram in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.
What part of speech is Sankey diagram?
Sankey diagram is a noun.
What is the plural of Sankey diagram?
The plural of Sankey diagram is Sankey diagrams.

Words near Sankey diagram in the dictionary

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  2. Sanket
  3. Sankethi
  4. Sankey
  5. Sankey Bridges
  6. Sankey diagram
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  8. Sankeys
  9. sankha
  10. sankhas
  11. Sankhya

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