graphical recording

Noun
  1. 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: graph, graphical record

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