venn diagram

noun Mathematics, Symbolic Logic.

1. a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.

noun

1. maths logic 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

n.

1884, named for English logician John Venn (1834-1923) of Cambridge, who explained them in the book “Symbolic Logic” (1881).

1. A diagram that uses circles to represent sets, in which the relations between the sets are indicated by the arrangement of the circles. For example, drawing one circle within another indicates that the set represented by the first circle is a subset of the second set. The Venn diagram is named after its inventor, British mathematician John Venn (1834-1923).