[kahr-tuh-gram] 
| a diagrammatic presentation in highly abstracted or simplified form, commonly of statistical data, on a map base or distorted map base. |
| car·to·gram (kär'tə-grām') n. A presentation of statistical data in geographical distribution on a map. [French cartogramme : carte, map (from Old French, card, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -gramme, a record (from Late Latin gramma, something written; see -gram).] |
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