chart
verb
- to make a chart of
- document, as with a chart
noun
- graphical representation of data
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑɹt/ / /tʃɑːt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.
- A map.
- A map.
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
“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.”
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
“Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?”
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
“I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.”
- A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
“They're at the top of the charts again this week.”
- A written deed; a charter.
- Synonym of coordinate chart.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.
- To draw a chart or map of.
“chart the seas”
- 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.”
- To record systematically.
- To record systematically.
“Did you chart the urine output yet?”
- To appear on a hit-recording chart.
“The song has charted for 15 weeks!”
“The band first charted in 1994.”