A tree diagram in math is a tool that helps calculate the number of possible outcomes of a problem and cites those potential outcomes in an organized way.

The syntax tree is ‘abstract’ in not representing every detail appearing in the real syntax, but rather focuses on the main points of the structure.

MS XML Notepad 2007 <BR><BR>edit: just to clarify, this is an xml file editor that has a tree view pane on the left. You can right click and expand the whole tree, or leave it collapsed.

Data viz isn’t just a modern-day craze. Designer Manuel Lima, author of The Book of Trees, discusses the origins of the tree diagram.

Here, the typographic tree is one branch of a tree diagram, reaching from medieval drawings to Shneiderman’s treemaps. Lima has skilfully organised his book to reveal these developments.

Lessons on language families are often illustrated with a simple tree diagram that has all the information but lacks imagination. There’s no reason linguistics has to be so visually uninspiring.