41 triangular distributed load shear and moment diagram
1670s, "from moment to moment , every moment ," from moment + -ly (2). Meaning "at any moment " is attested from 1775. "un load , relieve oneself of," 1850, from off (adv.) + load (v.). Originally South African, on the model of Dutch afladen. 1610s, "an illustrative figure giving only the outlines or general scheme of the object;" 1640s in geometry, "a drawing for the purpose of demonstrating the properties of a figure;" from French diagram me, from Latin diagram ma "a scale, a musical scale," from Greek diagram ma "geometric figure, that which is marked out by lines," from diagraphein "mark out by lines, delineate," from dia "across, through" (see dia-) + graphein "write, mark, draw" (see -graphy). Related: Diagram matic; diagram matically. The verb, "to draw or put in the form of a diagram ," is by 1822, from the noun. Related: Diagram med; diagram ming. Triang