bar graph

noun
a graph using parallel bars of varying lengths, as to illustrate comparative costs, exports, birth-rates, etc.
Also called bar chart.


Origin:
1920–25

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bar graph
 
n
bar chart, Also called: bar diagram a graph consisting of vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths are proportional to amounts or quantities

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Example sentences
They will then learn to make a bar graph and count the amount of each type of
  coin.
The stall has a small flat-screen monitor with a bar graph depicting the
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