Venn diagram

[ven]

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noun

Mathematics, Symbolic Logic.

a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.

Venn diagram

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maths logic a diagram in which mathematical sets or terms of a categorial statement are represented by overlapping circles within a boundary representing the universal set, so that all possible combinations of the relevant properties are represented by the various distinct areas in the diagram

Venn diagram

A diagram that uses circles to represent sets, in which the relations between the sets are indicated by the arrangement of the circles. For example, drawing one circle within another indicates that the set represented by the first circle is a subset of the second set. The Venn diagram is named after its inventor, British mathematician John Venn (1834–1923).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Venn diagram¹

1940–45; named after John Venn (1834–1923), English logician

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Venn diagram¹

C19: named after John Venn (1834–1923), English logician

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“The Venn diagram of what we were looking for and who exists was literally Ron Howard,” Rogen says.

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There probably isn’t much of a Venn diagram overlap between these two shows' viewerships now, and both creators doubt there will be much of one in the future.

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The sliver in the Venn diagram of where our practices of medicine overlap is inconceivably slim.

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“I’m not sure this Venn diagram is going to be as big as the one we had for ‘Barbenheimer,’” Loria added.

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But Stewart, like Trump, lives in the Venn diagram overlap between entertainment and politics.

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