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Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
scatter plot of stars showing the relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes (luminosities or brightness) versus their effective temperatures (stellar classifications or colour)
Venn diagram
diagram that shows all possible logical relations between a collection of sets
Gantt chart
type of bar chart used for schedules and dependencies
Karnaugh map
method to simplify boolean algebra expressions; refinement of Edward Veitch's 1952 Veitch diagram
Ishikawa diagram
causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa
Voronoi diagram
type of plane partition
Euler diagram
graphical set representation involving overlapping circles
Bode plot
graph of the frequency response of a linear system presented in logarithmic scale
Pareto chart
type of chart
Petri net
family of modelling languages for distributed systems
Smith chart
graphical aid designed to assist in solving problems with transmission lines and matching circuits in radio engineering
Hasse diagram
visual depiction of a partially ordered set
Anscombe's quartet
four data sets with the same descriptive statistics, yet very different distributions
Moody chart
Graph used in fluid dynamics
Sankey diagram
specific type of graphic flow diagram where arrow widths are proportional to the flow rates
Schlegel diagram
a projection of a polytope into a figure of dimension smaller by one
Grotrian diagram
diagram showing energy levels of an atom
Wiggers diagram
standard diagram used in cardiac physiology named after Dr. Carl J. Wiggers
Cartesian tree
binary tree derived from a sequence of numbers
Hovmöller diagram
commonly used way of plotting meteorological data to highlight the role of waves
Palliser's Triangle
geographic region in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan