English > graph: 5 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes. |
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| Synonyms | graphical record, graphical recording |
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| Parts | curve | A line on a graph representing data |
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| Narrower | Laffer curve | A graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income |
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| ballistocardiogram | A graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph |
| characteristic curve, characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic / characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
| echocardiogram | A graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph |
| echoencephalogram | A graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph |
| electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG | A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph |
| electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG | A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain |
| electroretinogram | A graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye |
| exponential curve | A graph of an exponential function |
| 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) |
| myogram | A graphical recording of muscle activity |
| radiation pattern, radiation diagram, pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
| seismogram | The graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph |
| tachogram | A graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph |
| thermogram | A graphical record produced by a thermograph |
| Broader | visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
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| Spanish | gráfica, gráfico, grafo |
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| Catalan | gràfica, gràfic |
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| Adjectives | graphic, graphical | relating to or presented by a graph |
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| Verbs | graph | represent by means of a graph |
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| graph | plot upon a graph |
English > graph: 5 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | A visual display of information. |
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| Synonym | chart |
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| Narrower | bar chart, bar graph | A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities |
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| color chart | A chart displaying colors |
| eye chart | A chart that is read from a fixed distance |
| flip chart | A chart with several sheets hinged at the top |
| organization chart | A chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization |
| pie chart | A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole |
| plot | A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object |
| profile | An analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics / characteristics |
| slide chart | A hand-held device, usually of paper, cardboard, or plastic, for conducting simple calculations or looking up information |
| star chart | A chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky |
| Broader | visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
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| Spanish | cuadro, gráfico, tabla |
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| Catalan | diagrama, quadre, taula |
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| Adjectives | graphical | relating to or presented by a graph |
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| Verbs | graph | represent by means of a graph |
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English > graph: 5 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | A written symbol that is used to represent speech. |
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| Synonyms | character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
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| Narrower | ASCII character | Any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers |
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| allograph | A variant form of a grapheme, as 'm' or 'M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme |
| asterisk, star | A star-shaped character * used in printing |
| capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule | One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis |
| 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 |
| dagger, obelisk | A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote |
| double dagger, double obelisk, diesis | A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote |
| ideogram, ideograph | A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it |
| letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
| ligature | Character consisting of two or more letters combined into one |
| mathematical symbol | A character that is used to indicates a mathematical ... / mathematical relation or operation |
| percent sign, percentage sign | A sign ('%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100 |
| phonetic symbol | A written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound |
| pictograph | A graphic character used in picture writing |
| radical | A character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram |
| rune, runic letter | Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages |
| small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule | The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
| space, blank | A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing |
| stenograph | A shorthand character |
| subscript, inferior | A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character |
| superscript, superior | A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character |
| type | Printed characters |
| Broader | written symbol, printed symbol | A written or printed symbol |
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| Spanish | carácter, grafema, grafía, símbolo gráfico |
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| Catalan | caràcter, grafema, grafia |
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