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noun

a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.

a graphic representation, as by curves, of a dependent variable, as temperature, price, etc.; graph.

a map, especially a hydrographic or marine map.

an outline map showing special conditions or facts: a weather chart.

Astrology. horoscope (def. 1).

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Jazz. a musical arrangement.

the charts, ratings of the popularity of popular-music records, usually based on nationwide sales for a given week: Their album is number three on the charts this week.

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verb (used with object)

to make a chart of.

to plan: to chart a course of action.

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Informal. to rank in the charts: The new song gets charted number four this week.

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Origin:
1565–75; < Middle French charte < Latin c(h)arta; see charta

Related forms

chart·a·ble, adjective

pre·chart, verb (used with object)

pre·chart·ed, adjective

re·chart, verb (used with object)

well-chart·ed, adjective

Can be confused: charted, chartered.

Synonyms
3. See map. 9. draft, outline, draw up.

Example Sentences

To smooth the data, the chart is based on three-month moving averages of the price.

But by adding characteristics you can make a bigger chart.

Our chart presents a selection of nuclear incidents and their ranking on the scale.

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To smooth the data, the chart is based on three-month moving averages of the price.

But by adding characteristics you can make a bigger chart.

Our chart presents a selection of nuclear incidents and their ranking on the scale.

In this lesson students will collect information about countries, then enter that information on a chart.

Big price jumps become more common as the turbulence of the market grows-clusters of them appear on the chart.

Three or four times a day, they would take the water's temperature and record it on a chart.

Check the chart below to calculate the area that will be covered by a specified number of plants set out at various spacings.

As your child grows, it's fun to track their development on a growth chart.

The chart shows that the overall trends long predate the financial crisis.

Ask students to look at the data on the average daily high temperatures chart.

But if results are unsatisfactory, try the other modifications for cakes suggested in the chart.

The flow chart lays out a range of possible responses to a blog post.

But in the chart below, it's clear that consumers today are cutting back much more sharply.

See an illustration of the animal and a fin-to-limb evolution chart.

Luckily, we've got an explainer chart below for some clarity on who's offering what data plan, and for how much.

We publish upon our first page this morning a political chart.

Complete the chart by adding other information from the text of the article.

Turning the phone to landscape gives you a chart of your weight over time.

They will also chart the locations they find on a map of the world.

The full chart features all platforms and both types of controller.

It went into the details of the new updates and offered a nice chart.

Rectangles in the chart are sized according to the amount of spending for that category.

On the table are copies of a chart prepared by the organization's staff.

Our interactive chart chronicles the events of the last eight months.

As the bottom left chart shows, such disintegration resulted in a steep decline in carbon dioxide emissions in that region.

Have students compare the two columns on the chart to see if there are any similarities.

She climbed into the scanner dozens of times from age four to age eight as part of his project to chart healthy brain development.

Disaster has been written all over the chart ever since there was one.

She summarized its findings and reproduced a chart and a graph from the journal.

The chart of nearby star orbits covers approximately one half light year.

Data is nothing without visualization, and sometimes a bar chart won't do.

Make a chart on the board, and ask students to copy the chart onto their own papers.

The basis for the ranking of environmental uncertainty in the chart on the last page of the article is unclear if not misleading.

Airfarewatchdog put together a handy chart showing how much airlines are charging to check your bag.

The chart should contain four rows and four columns.

One only has to look at a simple chart with a line concave to the point of origin to understand why.

King used an interactive pie chart that allowed him to immediately estimate varying scenarios on the spot.

Kremer's approach is one of many that have marshaled unprecedented creativity to chart new paths for medical research.

Science might show a chart of melting ice but that would be hard now as it is a cool year and the ice is currently growing.

Make a two-column chart on the board, and ask students to make the same chart on their own paper.

Personalize this map for your favorite world explorer and let them chart their travels.

Yet another turned to magnetic maps to chart the shifting flux across the sun.

Draw students' attention back to the chart of pros and cons of their touring destinations.

Chart the ebb and flow of the tides with this easy-to-read wall-mounted tide clock.

Have students record their ideas on the interactive chart.

Tell students to print their chart when they are done.

On the chart provided, have them list the species and.

Explore the universe with programs that chart mankind's discoveries in deep space.

Record all observations on chart paper and place around the room so that students can refer back to them.

When brainstorming is complete, create a large wall chart and take answers from each group to fill up each column.

As groups finish their research, provide chart paper or poster board.

Ask each team to draw what they saw on a large sheet of chart paper.

See the chart on the right for examples of rates payable at various ages.

Ask each student to create a chart with six columns.

They should note their findings in the second column of the chart.

Suggest they show a graph or chart to make the findings clear.

Collect all answers and write them on the board or on chart paper.

Have them look at the chart of vocalization frequencies.

The chart below shows a breakdown of our magazine emissions by process.

List these same key events, in order, on a piece of lined chart paper.

On a separate piece of paper, have students make a chart with two columns.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

(in prescriptions) a paper.

Origin:
< Latin charta

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World English Dictionary

chart (tʃɑːt)

—n
1.	a map designed to aid navigation by sea or air
2.	an outline map, esp one on which weather information is plotted
3.	a sheet giving graphical, tabular, or diagrammatical information
4.	another name for graph
5.	astrology another word for horoscope
6.	informal the charts the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos

—vb
7.	(tr) to make a chart of
8.	(tr) to make a detailed plan of
9.	(tr) to plot or outline the course of
10.	(intr) (of a record or video) to appear in the charts (sense 6)

[C16: from Latin, from Greek khartēs papyrus, literally: something on which to make marks; related to Greek kharattein to engrave]

'chartable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

chart

1571, "map for the use of navigators," from M.Fr. charte "card, map," from L. charta (see card (n.)). The verb is from 1851. The M.Fr. form originally served for all senses in Eng., but after 14c. It. carta supplanted it for "playing card," etc.; while from 16c. Fr. charte

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became the accepted term for "map."

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

chart (chärt)
n.

A recording, in tabular form, of clinical data relating to a case.
A group of symbols of graduated size for measuring visual acuity.

Slang Dictionary

chart definition

n.
a musical score. (Musicians. See also map.) : Come on, man! Look at the chart! You're making clinkers like hot cakes.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage

Abbreviations & Acronyms

CHART
continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy

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