ALL meanings of venn diagram
Venn diagram
V v - noun venn diagram a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships. 1
- noun venn diagram overlapping circles showing sets and subsets 1
- noun venn diagram 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 0
- noun venn diagram a diagram, esp. in symbolic logic, using overlapping circles, often shaded or crosshatched, to show relationships between sets 0
- noun venn diagram (set theory) A diagram representing some sets by contours of closed shapes, such as circles or ellipses (and sometimes also the universal set as a rectangle enclosing all of these shapes), and indicating the relationships between the sets: by overlapping the shapes to show that the corresponding sets have a non-empty intersection, and by possibly (but not necessarily) enclosing all of the sets (which are proper subsets of the universal set) within a universal set (represented typically by a rectangle); such that the total number of simply connected regions is , where n is the number of depicted sets which are proper subsets of the universal set. 0