charts
Data made visible
Charts are visual representations of data—graphs, diagrams, or tables that display information in organized form: a pie chart, a bar chart, The charts show a clear trend.
In music, the charts are ranked lists of popular songs: The single topped the charts for three weeks.
To chart is to map, track, or plan: chart a course, chart your progress.
Drinking establishment
- pieCrust-enclosed baked dish
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- histogramFrequency distribution graph
- scatterplotGraph of coordinate pairs
boxplot · area · Gantt · flowchart · diagram · infographic · dashboard · plot
Allocation across recipients
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- quartileData division into fourths
- meanAverage, or spiteful
median · bell curve · correlation · regression · outlier · trend · variance · standard deviation
Large outdoor advertising display
- top fortyBestselling songs chart
- hit paradeRanked list of songs
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
- number oneFirst in rank
platinum · gold · streaming · airplay · countdown · singles · albums · downloads
Of ships and sailing
shipping lanes · depth · soundings · compass rose · latitude · longitude · GPS · topographic
Estimating future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- growthIncrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
trajectory · upward · downward · time series · fluctuations · cycles · seasonality · momentum
Able to wait calmly
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- pulseArterial blood throb
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
growth curve · pediatric · BMI · glucose · monitoring · EKG · waveform · readout
bar
Drinking establishment
scatterplot · boxplot · area · Gantt · flowchart · diagram · infographic · dashboard · plot · axis
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- quartileData division into fourths
mean · median · bell curve · correlation · regression · outlier · trend · variance · standard deviation · probability
Billboard
Large outdoor advertising display
- top fortyBestselling songs chart
- hit paradeRanked list of songs
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
number one · platinum · gold · streaming · airplay · countdown · singles · albums · downloads · debut
nautical
Of ships and sailing
harbor · shipping lanes · depth · soundings · compass rose · latitude · longitude · GPS · topographic · aeronautical
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- growthIncrease in size
decline · trajectory · upward · downward · time series · fluctuations · cycles · seasonality · momentum · indicators
patient
Able to wait calmly
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- pulseArterial blood throb
blood pressure · growth curve · pediatric · BMI · glucose · monitoring · EKG · waveform · readout · clinical
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- Age of ExplorationColumbus, Marco Polo, exploration, explorers, expeditions
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- print mediaheadline, magazine, articles, news, byline
- boardroomconference table, board members, chairman, chairperson, directors
chartsraw data
Unanalyzed collected information
raw numbers · plain text · prose · narrative · spreadsheets
chartsdisorders
Abnormal physical or mental conditions
chaos · disarray · disorganization · disorder · randomness
- pie chartCircular percentage diagram
- off the chartsBeyond measurable range
- eye chartAcuity measurement display
- fishing charterHired boat for angling
- seating chartPlan showing seat assignments
- the chartsMusic popularity rankings
chart, charter, charting, charted, chart of accounts, charters, chartered, chartering, charterer