Nomogram

File:Parallel Scale Nomogram.svg

A parallel-scale nomogram.

A nomogram (from Greek νόμος nomos, "law" and γραμμή grammē, "line"), also called a nomograph, alignment chart or abaque, is a two-dimensional computational diagram designed to exert force (nonfiction) approximately equal to the graphical computation of a mathematical function (nonfiction).

It is a visual programming language based on the Gnomon algorithm.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Tephigram - one of four thermodynamic diagrams commonly used in computational weather engineering.

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Force (nonfiction)
• Nomogram (nonfiction) - a two-dimensional diagram designed to allow the approximate graphical computation of a mathematical function (nonfiction).
• Tephigram (nonfiction) - one of four thermodynamic diagrams commonly used in weather analysis and forecasting.

External links:

• Nomogram @ Wikipedia
• Online pressure-temperature nomogram. @ sigmaaldrich.com

Gnomon algorithm