Venn diagram

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Etymology

Named after the inventor, mathematician John Venn

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Venn diagram (plural Venn diagrams)

  1. (set theory) A diagram representing sets by 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 two corresponding sets have a non-empty intersection;
    • by enclosing one shape entirely within another to show that the first set is a subset of the other;
    • by showing completely separate shapes to show that neither of these facts applies to the corresponding sets

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