GRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graph mean? 

• GRAPH (noun)
  The noun GRAPH has 3 senses:

1. a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes

2. a visual display of information

3. a written symbol that is used to represent speech

  Familiarity information: GRAPH used as a noun is uncommon.

• GRAPH (verb)
  The verb GRAPH has 2 senses:

1. represent by means of a graph

2. plot upon a graph

  Familiarity information: GRAPH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

graph; graphical record; graphical recording

Hypernyms ("graph" is a kind of...):

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

Meronyms (parts of "graph"):

curve (a line on a graph representing data)

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

exponential curve (a graph of an exponential function)

thermogram (a graphical record produced by a thermograph)

tachogram (a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph)

pattern; radiation diagram; radiation pattern (graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle)

myogram (a graphical recording of muscle activity)

learning curve (a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall))

Laffer curve (a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines)

electroretinogram (a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye)

EEG; electroencephalogram; encephalogram (a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph)

cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram (a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)

echocardiogram (a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph)

echoencephalogram (a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph)

ballistocardiogram (a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph)

characterisic function; characteristic curve ((electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters)

seismogram (the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph)

Derivation:

graph (represent by means of a graph)

graph (plot upon a graph)

graphical (relating to or presented by a graph)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A visual display of information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

chart; graph

Hypernyms ("graph" is a kind of...):

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

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

profile (an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics)

organization chart (a chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization)

star chart (a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky)

pie chart (a circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole)

slide chart (a hand-held device, usually of paper, cardboard, or plastic, for conducting simple calculations or looking up information)

eye chart (a chart that is read from a fixed distance; used as a test of vision)

bar chart; bar graph (a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities)

color chart (a chart displaying colors)

plot (a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object)

flip chart (a chart with several sheets hinged at the top; sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially)

Derivation:

graph (represent by means of a graph)

graphical (relating to or presented by a graph)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A written symbol that is used to represent speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol

Context example:

the Greek alphabet has 24 characters

Hypernyms ("graph" is a kind of...):

printed symbol; written symbol (a written or printed symbol)

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

check character (a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission)

allograph (a variant form of a grapheme, as 'm' or 'M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme)

stenograph (a shorthand character)

radical (a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram)

ideogram; ideograph (a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it)

pictograph (a graphic character used in picture writing)

rune; runic letter (any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages)

mathematical symbol (a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation)

phonetic symbol (a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound)

blank; space (a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing)

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

diesis; double dagger; double obelisk; dagger; obelisk (a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote)

asterisk; star (a star-shaped character * used in printing)

percent sign; percentage sign (a sign ('%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100)

type (printed characters)

lower-case letter; lowercase; minuscule; small letter (the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case)

capital; capital letter; majuscule; upper-case letter; uppercase (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis)

ligature (character consisting of two or more letters combined into one)

ASCII character (any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers)

inferior; subscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)

superior; superscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character)

• GRAPH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they graph    ... he / she / it graphs   
Past simple: graphed   
Past participle: graphed   
-ing form: graphing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Represent by means of a graph

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

chart; graph

Context example:

chart the data

Hypernyms (to "graph" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

graph (a visual display of information)

graph (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plot upon a graph

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "graph" is one way to...):

diagram; plot (make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

graph (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

 Context examples 

One of the points that define a graph.

(Graph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

A pictorial representation of a graph on plane, for visualization of certain properties of the graph or of the data modeled by the graph.

(Graph Layout, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about how useful an individual finds or found tables and graphs that accompany a newspaper story or other text.

(How Useful Tables and Graphs Accompanying Newspaper or Other Text, NCI Thesaurus)

The vertical relationships consist of "isa" statements that form a logical hierarchy (taxonomy or subsumption graph).

(NCI Thesaurus Concept, NCI Thesaurus)

An outcome of observation represented as a text, qualitative, or quantitative parameter, code, image, graph, etc.

(Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)

A connection between nodes in a graph.

(Graph Edge, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of graph where all nodes are placed on the perimeter of a circle and are joined by lines passing within the circle.

(Graph Circular Layout, NCI Thesaurus)

A graph whose edges are ordered pairs of vertices or nodes and which contains no path that starts and ends at the same vertex.

(Directed Acyclic Graph, NCI Thesaurus)

A line graph that shows changes in the electrical activity of the heart over time.

(ECG, NCI Dictionary)

A type of graph similar to a radial layout, but compressed to fit rapidly-branching networks.

(Graph Combinatorial Layout, NCI Thesaurus)