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BAR CHART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bar chart mean? 

BAR CHART (noun)
  The noun BAR CHART has 1 sense:

1. a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantitiesplay

  Familiarity information: BAR CHART used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAR CHART (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bar chart; bar graph

Hypernyms ("bar chart" is a kind of...):

chart; graph (a visual display of information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bar chart"):

histogram (a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies)


 Context examples 


A bar chart representing a frequency distribution where the heights of the bars represent observed frequencies.

(Histogram, NCI Thesaurus)



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