chart
(chärt)
[Obsolete French charte, from Latin charta, sheet of paper made from papyrus; see card1.]
noun
- A map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators.
- An outline map on which specific information, such as scientific data, can be plotted.
- A sheet presenting information in the form of graphs or tables.
- See graph1
- A listing of best-selling recorded music or other items. Often used in the plural: A hit single that reached number 3 on the charts.
verb: chart·ed, chart·ing, charts.
transitive verb
- To make a chart of.
- To plan (something) in detail: is charting a course to destruction.
intransitive verb
- To be ranked on a chart of best-selling items: a song that charted at the number one position last week.
graph
1 (grăf)
[Short for graphic formula.]
noun
- A diagram that exhibits a relationship, often functional, between two sets of numbers as a set of points having coordinates determined by the relationship. Also called plot
- A pictorial device, such as a pie chart or bar graph, used to illustrate quantitative relationships. Also called chart
transitive verb: graphed, graph·ing, graphs.
- To represent by a graph.
- To plot (a function) on a graph.
