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car·to·gram
/
ˈkɑr
təˌgræm
/
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kahr
-t
uh
-gram
]
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noun
a diagrammatic presentation in highly abstracted or simplified form, commonly of statistical data, on a map base or distorted map base.
Origin:
1885–90;
<
French
cartogramme.
See
carte
,
-o-
,
-gram
1
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cartogram
(ˈkɑːtəˌɡræm)
—
n
a map showing statistical information in diagrammatic form
[C20: from French
cartogramme,
from
carte
map,
chart
; see
-gram
]
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