tree diagram

noun — 2 senses

tree diagram

noun
1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A visual representation used to illustrate the hierarchical structure of a sentence.

  • In a tree diagram, only the configuration of nodes matters, not the length of branches and sub-branches.1978, Bernard Bloch, George Melville Bolling, Linguistic Society of America (contributors), Language, volume 54, numbers 1-3, page 15:
2

Mathematics, Probability theory, Sciences A visual representation used to represent a probability space.

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