English > graphical recording: 1 sense > 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 | graph, graphical record |
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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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