[syn: graph, chart]
2. plot upon a graph;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-graph \-graph\ (-gr[.a]f) [From Gr. gra`fein to write. See
Graphic.]
A suffix signifying something written (as in digraph), a
writing; also, a writer or an instrument that produces a
written or visible record of a measurement, such as a
spectrograph; as, autograph, crystograph, telegraph,
photograph.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Graph \Graph\ (gr[.a]f), n. [See -graph.] (Math.)
1. A curve or surface, the locus of a point whose coordinates
are the variables in the equation of the locus; as, a
graph of the exponential function.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A diagram symbolizing a system of interrelations of
variable quantities using points represented by spots, or
by lines to represent the relations of continuous
variables. More than one set of interrelations may be
presented on one graph, in which case the spots or lines
are typically distinguishable from each other, as by
color, shape, thickness, continuity, etc. A diagram in
which relationships between variables are represented by
other visual means is sometimes called a graph, as in a
bar graph, but may also be called a chart.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
graph
n 1: a visual representation of the relations between certain
quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes [syn:
graph, graphical record]
v 1: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn:
graph, chart]
2: plot upon a graph
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
graph
1. A collection of nodes and edges.
See also connected graph, degree, directed graph, Moore
bound, regular graph, tree.
2. A visual representation of algebraic equations
or data.
(1996-09-22)