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What is "bar graph"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bar graph
noun
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▪ A bar graph shows present depth and maximum depth reached.
▪ About how much of every £100 is spent on each item shown in the divided bar graph?
▪ Breathing rhythm was established by the movement of a bar graph displayed on the computer screen.
▪ The output was a bar graph to show how much the new input resembled each of the ten people.
▪ This can be done on an annual basis with a bar graph which reveals the annual growth rate.
▪ Underneath the bar graph are listed the inbred mouse strains or transgenics from which the analysis was made.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
bar graph

Graph \Graph\ (gr[.a]f), n. [See -graph.] (Math.)

  1. A curve or surface, the locus of a point whose co["o]rdinates are the variables in the equation of the locus; as, a graph of the exponential function.

  2. A diagram symbolizing a system of interrelations of variable quantities using points represented by spots, or by lines to represent the relations of continuous variables. More than one set of interrelations may be presented on one graph, in which case the spots or lines are typically distinguishable from each other, as by color, shape, thickness, continuity, etc. A diagram in which relationships between variables are represented by other visual means is sometimes called a graph, as in a bar graph, but may also be called a chart.

Wiktionary
bar graph

n. bar chart

WordNet
bar graph

n. a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities [syn: bar chart]

Usage examples of "bar graph".

That danger point was represented by a red line across the top of the bar graph on which they registered their daily readings.

He went several steps further - scratch a hacker, find an overachiever - by adding another dozen small cities to what he called 'the stat-pool' and presenting me with a computer-generated bar graph where Derry slicks out like a sore thumb.