Diagrammable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being represented or explained through a visual outline or schematic; able to be illustrated with figures and lines to clarify structure or relationships; susceptible to depiction in a graphic form for better understanding
2. Having the property of being expressible or constructed as a diagram; suitable for conversion into symbolic or graphical format; able to be visually mapped to showcase parts and their connections
3. Describing something that can be shown or broken down into a diagram; fit for portrayal using interconnected shapes and lines; allowing for conceptual or physical organization into a plan or chart

Etymology: "Diagrammable" is a plain formation: the noun "diagram" with the suffix "-able" attached, meaning able to be diagrammed or charted. The suffix comes through Old French "-able" from Latin "-ābilis," which signalled that something could be done, and English has attached it freely to verbs and nouns for centuries. The noun it builds on has a more striking past. "Diagram" comes from Greek "diágramma," a figure marked out by lines, formed from "diagráphein," to mark out or draw across. The root "gráphein" means to write or draw, the same source as "graph" and "-graphy," so a diagram is literally something drawn through or across a surface. The Greek word passed into Latin and then French and Italian before English adopted it, and English speakers have used it to mean a drawn figure ever since.

Synonyms: plottable, chartable, graphable, illustratable

Antonyms: undiagrammable, unplottable, nonchartable