Definitions for chart
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. chart(noun)

   a visual display of information

2. chart(verb)

   a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

3. chart(verb)

   make a chart of

   "chart the territory"

4. chart(verb)

   plan in detail

   "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

5. graph, chart(verb)

   represent by means of a graph

   "chart the data"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chart(Noun)

   A map for a very particular purpose, such as shipping or aeroplanes/airplanes, showing information useful for that purpose and ignoring most other information.

2. chart(Noun)

   A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas

3. chart(Noun)

   A graphical presentation of something.

4. chart(Verb)

   To draw a chart or map.

5. chart(Verb)

   To draw or figure out a route or plan.

   "Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there."

6. chart(Verb)

   (Of a record) To appear on a hit-recording chart.

   "The song has charted for 1500 weeks!"

Origin: From Greek chartes, Latin carta, chart.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chart(noun)

   a sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart

2. Chart(noun)

   a map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts

3. Chart(noun)

   a written deed; a charter

4. Chart(verb)

   to lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast

Origin: [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card, and cf. Charter.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chart

   A chart is a graphical representation of data, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart". A chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structure and provides different info The term "chart" as a graphical representation of data has multiple meanings: ⁕A data chart is a type of diagram or graph, that organizes and represents a set of numerical or qualitative data. ⁕Maps that are adorned with extra information for some specific purpose are often known as charts, such as a nautical chart or aeronautical chart. ⁕Other domain specific constructs are sometimes called charts, such as the chord chart in music notation or a record chart for album popularity. Charts are often used to ease understanding of large quantities of data and the relationships between parts of the data. Charts can usually be read more quickly than the raw data that they are produced from. They are used in a wide variety of fields, and can be created by hand or by computer using a charting application. Certain types of charts are more useful for presenting a given data set than others. For example, data that presents percentages in different groups are often displayed in a pie chart, but may be more easily understood when presented in a horizontal bar chart. On the other hand, data that represents numbers that change over a period of time might be best shown as a line chart.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chart

   chärt, n. a marine or hydrographical map, exhibiting a portion of a sea or other water, with the islands, coasts of contiguous land, soundings, currents, &c: an outline-map, or a tabular statement giving information of any kind.—adjs. Chartā′ceous; Chart′less. [O. Fr. charte—L. charta, a paper.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chart

   A hydrographical map, or a projection of some part of the earth's superficies in plano, for the use of navigators, further distinguished as plane-charts, Mercator's charts, globular charts, and the bottle or current chart, to aid in the investigation of surface currents (all which see). A selenographic chart represents the moon, especially as seen by the aid of photography and Mr. De la Rue's arrangement.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chart' in Nouns Frequency: #1515

Anagrams for chart »

1. trach

2. ratch

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chart in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of chart in a Sentence

1. Christina Kim:

   It's actually an established medical chart, it's very important.

2. Seema Verma:

   We are conferring with the Department of Justice to chart a path forward.

3. Jim Moriarty:

   I can tell you that this chart shows you that this child was essentially tortured.

4. Gail Pool:

   Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.

5. State John Kerry:

   The challenge that we face in Syria today is nothing less than to chart a course out of hell.

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