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CHART

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))

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

naval chart; navigational chart; pilot chart (a chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditions)

Derivation:

chart (make a chart of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music

Example:

number 2 on the charts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A visual display of information

Synonyms:

chart; graph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

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

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

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

color chart (a chart displaying colors)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Derivation:

chart (represent by means of a graph)

chartist (a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plan in detail

Example:

Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

plan (make plans for something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a chart of

Example:

chart the territory

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

map (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

chart (a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Represent by means of a graph

Example:

chart the data

Synonyms:

chart; graph

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

chart (a visual display of information)

chartist (a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It was found near the bureau, and just to the left of it, as marked upon that chart.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Prendergast threw us over a chart, told us that we were shipwrecked mariners whose ship had foundered in lat. 15º N. and long 25º W., and then cut the painter and let us go.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had never been there, but he had seen it, once, on a Hudson Bay Company chart.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was the compass by which he steered and learned to chart the manners of a new land and life.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

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

(Histogram, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of predicting mortality by weighting comorbid conditions calculated by reviewing an individual's chart.

(Charlson Comorbidity Index Chart Review Version, NCI Thesaurus)

The whole extent of this prince’s dominions reaches about six thousand miles in length, and from three to five in breadth: whence I cannot but conclude, that our geographers of Europe are in a great error, by supposing nothing but sea between Japan and California; for it was ever my opinion, that there must be a balance of earth to counterpoise the great continent of Tartary; and therefore they ought to correct their maps and charts, by joining this vast tract of land to the north-west parts of America, wherein I shall be ready to lend them my assistance.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Thus, he unified the universe and held it up and looked at it, or wandered through its byways and alleys and jungles, not as a terrified traveller in the thick of mysteries seeking an unknown goal, but observing and charting and becoming familiar with all there was to know.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Also called flow chart.

(Flow sheet, NCI Dictionary)

Nursing auxiliary whose primary responsibility is personal patient care and education, support of diagnostic procedures, technical nursing work, and patient charting which does not require a full professional nurse education or knowledge and skills represented by licensure.

(Nursing Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)