chart — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A map. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

2. A map. A navigator's map.

3. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A tabular presentation of data; a table.

4. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A diagram.

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   Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

5. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A graph.

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   Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

6. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.

   Oberbegriffe

   medical record[Appendix:Glossary

   Beispiele

   I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.

7. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

   Beispiele

   They're at the top of the charts again this week.

8. A written deed; a charter.

9. Synonym of coordinate chart.

10. A predefined sequence of notes (i.e. inputs), typically timed to a song or excerpt thereof.

Verb

1. To draw a chart or map of.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   chart the seas

2. To draw or figure out (a route or plan).

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.

   We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.

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   The men in "Homo," (and even perhaps Haynes himself) are not looking for acceptance or validation, but a way to chart their own notions of self-determination in a world that makes little sense and offers even less comfort.

3. To record systematically.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

4. To record systematically. To enter (medical information) into a medical record.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   Did you chart the urine output yet?

5. To appear on a hit-recording chart.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv
   • of a record or artist

   Beispiele

   The song has charted for 15 weeks!

   The band first charted in 1994.

Substantiv

1. a visual display of information

   Synonyme

   graph

   Oberbegriffe

   visual communication

2. a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

   Oberbegriffe

   map

3. (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music

   Oberbegriffe

   listlisting

   Beispiele

   number 2 on the charts

Verb

1. make a chart of

   Oberbegriffe

   map

   Beispiele

   chart the territory

2. plan in detail

   Oberbegriffe

   plan

   Beispiele

   Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein

3. represent by means of a graph

   Synonyme

   graph

   Oberbegriffe

   representinterpret

   Beispiele

   chart the data