bar graph

bar graph
noun
a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
• Syn: ↑bar chart
• Hypernyms: ↑chart
• Hyponyms: ↑histogram

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noun
Etymology: bar (I)

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a graph using parallel bars of varying lengths, as to illustrate comparative costs, exports, birth-rates, etc. Also called bar chart.
[1920-25]

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bar chart or bar graph noun
A graph showing comparative quantities by means of rectangular blocks of varying proportional height
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Main Entry: ↑bar
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bar graph see ↑bar chart above.
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Main Entry: ↑bar

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bar graph UK US noun [countable] [singular bar graph plural bar graphs] maths
a graph that represents different amounts or values as thick lines of different lengths
Thesaurus: graphs, charts and diagramshyponym

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bar graph,
= bar chart. (Cf. ↑bar chart)

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(also bar chart) n. a diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height or length of lines or rectangles of equal width

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noun, pl ⋯ graphs [count]
: a graph or chart that uses narrow columns of different heights to show and compare different amounts — called also bar chart

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ˈbar graph [bar graph] noun
= ↑bar chart

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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