noun
- Plural of nomography; graphical representations or charts used to solve mathematical equations or perform calculations without arithmetic.
- Plural of nomography; the science or practice of constructing nomograms.
Usage: technical; mathematics and engineering
Usage: technical; mathematics and engineering
Examples
- Engineers used nomographies to quickly determine stress values without performing lengthy calculations.
- The textbook included several nomographies to help students solve complex equations graphically.
- Before digital calculators, nomographies were essential tools in engineering and navigation.
- The collection of nomographies in the archive demonstrated the ingenuity of early computational methods.