- dendrogram
- noun Date: circa 1953 a branching diagram representing a hierarchy of categories based on degree of similarity or number of shared characteristics especially in biological taxonomy
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Dendrogram — A dendrogram (from Greek dendron tree , gramma drawing ) is a tree diagram frequently used to illustrate the arrangement of the clusters produced by hierarchical clustering. Dendrograms are often used in computational biology to illustrate the… … Wikipedia
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dendrogram — /den dreuh gram /, n. Biol. a treelike diagram depicting evolutionary changes from ancestral to descendant forms, based on shared characteristics. Cf. cladogram, phenogram. [DENDRO + GRAM1] * * * … Universalium
dendrogram — noun A tree like diagram used to show the ancestors and descendents of species … Wiktionary
dendrogram — A treelike figure used to represent graphically a hierarchy. [dendron, tree, + gramma, a drawing] … Medical dictionary
dendrogram — [ dɛndrə(ʊ)gram] noun a tree diagram … English new terms dictionary
dendrogram — Generic term for any kind of tree diagram, including cladograms, phenograms, and phylograms … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
