Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

line graph

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: line -graph
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graph in which a series of connected straight lines connect points, each of which represents the value of a particular variable as a function of another variable.

noun

A graph L(G) which is derived from a given non-oriented graph G such that the vertices of L(G) represent edges of G and so that a clique in L(G) represents a common end-vertex shared by a set of represented edges. (A star subgraph in G transforms into a clique in L(G).)

noun

A graph L(G) which is derived from a given non-oriented graph G such that the vertices of L(G) represent edges of G and so that a clique in L(G) represents a common end-vertex shared by a set of represented edges. (A star subgraph in G transforms into a clique in L(G).)

Example Sentences

"Suppose that a graph G has vertices A, B, C, and D such that A is adjacent to each of B, C, and D, but {B, C, D} is an independent set. Then G cannot be a line graph."

Inflected Forms

line graphs (plural)

Synonyms

line chart

Questions

What does line graph mean?: A graph in which a series of connected straight lines connect points, each of which represents the value of a particular variable as a function of another variable.

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