chart
English
Etymology
From Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin ("papyrus, writing"), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartes, “papyrus, thin sheet”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Wikipedia chart (plural charts)
- A map.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A navigator's map.
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
- 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- A diagram.
- A graph.
- A record a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
- I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
- They're at the top of the charts again this week.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A written deed; a charter.
- (topology) A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas
Derived terms
terms derived from chart (noun)
Translations
map — see map
navigator's map
non-narrative presentation of data
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table — see table
diagram — see diagram
graph — see graph
Verb
chart (third-person singular simple present charts, present participle charting, simple past and past participle charted)
- (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
- (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
- Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.
- We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.
- (transitive) To record systematically.
- (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
- The song has charted for 15 weeks!
- The band first charted in 1994.
Derived terms
- chartable
- rechart
Translations
draw or figure out a route or plan
