"block diagram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: block diagrams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} block diagram (plural block diagrams)
  1. A pictorial representation of a system or process in which subsystems or other components are represented by geometric shapes joined by lines or arrows Wikipedia link: block diagram Categories (topical): Visualization Translations (pictorial representation of a system): diagrama de blocs [masculine] (Catalan), lohkokaavio (Finnish), Blockdiagramm [neuter] (German), schemă bloc [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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