bar graph

noun

: a graph or chart that uses narrow columns of different heights to show and compare different amounts

Full Definition of BAR GRAPH

: a graphic means of quantitative comparison by rectangles with lengths proportional to the measure of the data or things being compared —called also bar chart

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First Known Use of BAR GRAPH

1924

Rhymes with BAR GRAPH

agrafe, behalf, carafe, chiffchaff, cowlstaff, digraph, distaff, Falstaff, flagstaff, Flagstaff, giraffe, half-staff, horselaugh, kenaf, line graph, mooncalf, paraph, pikestaff, riffraff, tipstaff

BAR GRAPH Defined for Kids

bar graph

noun

Definition of BAR GRAPH for Kids

: a chart that uses parallel bars whose lengths are in proportion to the numbers represented

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