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bar chart

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Statistics, Maths
ˈbar chart (also bar graph) noun [countable]  HMSa picture of boxes of different heights, in which each box represents a different amount or quantity 条形图,柱状图〔用不同高度的条形表示数量的图表〕4  See picture of 见图 CHART 15 see picture at 见图 chart1
Examples from the Corpus
bar chartIf the retailer wants to find out about sales figures, for example, he may present information as a bar chart.Drawing a bar chart Arrange the bars in some sensible order, such as in order of their lengths.This option allows you to make more sweeping changes - for example you can go from a bar chart to a line chart.To illustrate this I want to put a bar chart and a table from the spreadsheet in my word-processed document.Immediately the activities and their durations are entered the Gantt bar chart and the end date are displayed.The bar chart shows Sales on the left and Cost of Sales on the right. 4.
From Longman Business Dictionarybar chartˈbar chart British English a mathematical drawing in the form of a series of long thin boxes next to each other. The height of each box represents an amount being compared with all the othersSYN AmE bar graphThe bar chart shows what the average Westerner consumes in a year compared with someone from the Third World. chart
ˈbar chart nounChineseSyllable
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bar chart
ˈbar chart (also bar graph) noun [countable]
a picture of boxes of different heights, in which each box represents a different amount or quantity


bar chartBrE /ˈbɑː tʃɑːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɑːr tʃɑːrt/ 🔊 (also ˈbar graph) noun
a diagram that uses lines or narrow rectangles (= bars) of different heights (but equal widths) to show different amounts, so that they can be compared 条形图,柱形图(以不同长度的条形表示不同数量以作比较)   compare histogram