'Chart' definitions:
Definition of 'chart'
(from WordNet)
noun
A visual display of information
noun
A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
Make a chart of; "chart the territory"
verb
Plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
verb
Represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: graph, chart]
Definition of 'Chart'
From: GCIDE
- Chart \Chart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charted.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chart'
From: GCIDE
- Chart \Chart\ (ch[aum]rt; k[aum]rt Obs.), n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card, and cf. Charter.]
- 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A written deed; a charter. [1913 Webster]
- Globular chart, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under Globular.
- Heliographic chart, a map of the sun with its spots.
- Mercator's chart, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See Projection.
- Plane chart, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances.
- Selenographic chart, a map representing the surface of the moon.
- Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place or region. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjust,
- aeronautical chart,
- alphabet,
- arrange,
- art,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- blueprint,
- brouillon,
- card index,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- cartoon,
- cast,
- catalog,
- catalogue raisonne,
- catch a likeness,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- character,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- characterize,
- choreography,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- climatic chart,
- codify,
- conic projection,
- contents,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- conventional representation,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- cylindrical projection,
- dance notation,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- dense,
- depict,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- design,
- diagram,
- dope out,
- draft,
- drama,
- draw,
- drawing,
- ebauche,
- elevation,
- esquisse,
- exemplification,
- figuration,
- figure,
- fix,
- general reference map,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- graph,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- ground plan,
- hachure,
- harmonize,
- heliographic chart,
- hieroglyphic,
- hit off,
- house plan,
- hydrographic chart,
- ichnography,
- iconography,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- index,
- isoline,
- Lambert conformal projection,
- latitude,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- letter,
- limn,
- limning,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map out,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- Mercator projection,
- meridian,
- methodize,
- Miller projection,
- musical notation,
- normalize,
- notate,
- notation,
- organize,
- outline,
- paint,
- parallel,
- pattern,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- pictogram,
- picture,
- picturization,
- picturize,
- plan,
- plat,
- plot,
- plot out,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- portraiture,
- portray,
- portrayal,
- prefigurement,
- presentment,
- print,
- printing,
- profile,
- project,
- projection,
- rationalize,
- realization,
- register,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- relief map,
- render,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- represent,
- representation,
- representative fraction,
- road map,
- rough,
- routinize,
- rub,
- scale,
- schema,
- schematize,
- scheme,
- score,
- script,
- set out,
- settle,
- sinusoidal projection,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- special map,
- standardize,
- syllabary,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- synchronize,
- systematize,
- tablature,
- table,
- table of contents,
- tabulation,
- take a rubbing,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- thumb index,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- topography,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- transportation map,
- tune,
- tune up,
- weather chart,
- weather map,
- working drawing,
- write,
- writing
Words containing 'Chart'
- Charte,
- Charted,
- Globular chart,
- Heliographic chart,
- Mercator's chart,
- Plain chart,
- Plane chart,
- Sea chart,
- Selenographic chart,
- Topographic chart,
- bar chart,
- calorie chart,
- color chart,
- eye chart,
- flip chart,
- flow chart,
- naval chart,
- navigational chart,
- organization chart,
- pie chart,
- pilot chart,
- snellen chart,
- star chart,
- weather chart