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The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.

A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.

The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.…

Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.

A writer of chronograms.

A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.

A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.

Same as Decagram.

refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly, adv.

A digraph.

A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram Shak.

Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.

In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.

One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them. The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.

To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.

One who writes in an affectedly pointed style. Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge.

An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor.