Associations to the word «Venn»

Wiktionary

VENN DIAGRAM, noun. (set theory) A diagram representing some sets by contours of closed shapes, such as 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 corresponding sets have a non-empty intersection, and by possibly (but not necessarily) enclosing all of the sets (which are proper subsets of the universal set) within a universal set (represented typically by a rectangle); such that the total number of simply connected regions is \(2^n\), where n is the number of depicted sets which are proper subsets of the universal set.
VENN DIAGRAMS, noun. Plural of Venn diagram

Dictionary definition

VENN, noun. English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky