graph

Plotted visual data

A graph is a diagram showing the relationship between variables, typically with values plotted along horizontal and vertical axes: The graph showed sales declining over time.

In mathematics, graph theory studies networks of points connected by lines.

To graph something is to represent it in such a diagram.

Graph also appears as a suffix meaning something written or recorded: photograph, telegraph, seismograph.

chart

axis

Rotation reference line

  • barDrinking establishment
  • histogramFrequency distribution graph
  • pieCrust-enclosed baked dish

scatter · line · plot · series · distribution · scale · trend · correlation · data · visualization

network

node

Connection point in networks

connectivity · path · link · directed · undirected · acyclic · tree · cycle · traversal · spanning

diagram

flowchart

Diagram showing workflow steps

layout · sketch · figure · illustration · representation · depiction · map · schema · framework · visual

function

equation

Mathematical equality assertion

polynomial · exponential · logarithmic · asymptote · slope · intercept · domain · range · vertex · tangent

social

network

Interconnected system

community · influencer · interaction · viral · engagement · platform · feed · sharing · profile · online

Categories
Opposites
data representation format

graphtable

Horizontal furniture surface

spreadsheet · raw numbers · list · text · prose

continuous vs. discrete representation

graphtable

Horizontal furniture surface

matrix · tally · enumeration · itemization · register

abstraction level

graphraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

dataset · observations

Phrases
Family

photograph, graphic, paragraph, biography, autograph, graphics, graphs, telegraph, calligraphy

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