Jones diagram

noun

A type of Cartesian graph where each axis represents a different variable, and opposite directions along an axis represent different quantities rather than positive or negative signs of the same quantity; thus four variables are diagrammed in total.

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Meanings

nounJones diagram (plural Jones diagrams)

plural Jones diagrams

  1. A type of Cartesian graph where each axis represents a different variable, and opposite directions along an axis represent different quantities rather than positive or negative signs of the same quantity; thus four variables are diagrammed in total.

Origin

Developed by Loyd A. Jones in the 1940s.

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