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graph

Noun

A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes (synset 107012937)
is a type of: visual communication - communication that relies on vision
subtypes:
- seismogram - the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph
- characterisic function, characteristic curve - (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
- ballistocardiogram - a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph
- echoencephalogram - a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph
- echocardiogram - a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph
- cardiogram, ecg, ekg, electrocardiogram - a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
- eeg, electroencephalogram, encephalogram - a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- electroretinogram - a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye
- laffer curve - a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines
- learning curve - a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall)
- myogram - a graphical recording of muscle activity
- pattern, radiation diagram, radiation pattern - graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- tachogram - a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph
- thermogram - a graphical record produced by a thermograph
- exponential curve - a graph of an exponential function
has: curve - a line on a graph representing data

same as: graphical record, graphical recording
A visual display of information (synset 107012462)
is a type of: visual communication - communication that relies on vision
subtypes:
- plot - a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
- organization chart - a chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization
- color chart - a chart displaying colors
- bar chart, bar graph - a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
- eye chart - a chart that is read from a fixed distance; used as a test of vision
- flip chart - a chart with several sheets hinged at the top; sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially
- slide chart - a hand-held device, usually of paper, cardboard, or plastic, for conducting simple calculations or looking up information
- pie chart - a circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
- star chart - a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky
- profile - an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
same as: chart
A written symbol that is used to represent speech (synset 106831828)
"the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

is a type of: printed symbol, written symbol - a written or printed symbol
subtypes:
- allograph - a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme
- check character - a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission
- superior, superscript - a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- inferior, subscript - a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- ascii character - any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
- ligature - character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter - the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- type - printed characters
- percent sign, percentage sign - a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100
- asterisk, star - a star-shaped character * used in printing
- dagger, obelisk - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
- diesis, double dagger, double obelisk - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
- alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
- blank, space - a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- phonetic symbol - a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
- mathematical symbol - a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation
- rune, runic letter - any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
- pictograph - a graphic character used in picture writing
- ideogram, ideograph - a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
- radical - a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- stenograph - a shorthand character
same as: character, grapheme, graphic symbol

Verb

Represent by means of a graph (synset 201758945)
"chart the data"

is a type of: interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of

same as: chart
Plot upon a graph (synset 201759135)
is a type of: diagram, plot - make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

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