English Explanatory Dictionary

Sankey diagram

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flow diagram in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.

Word forms

Sankey diagram Sankey diagrams

Etymology

Named after the Irish captain Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, who used this type of diagram in 1898 to illustrate the energy efficiency of a steam engine.

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