GRAPH

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does graph mean? 

• GRAPH (noun)
  The noun GRAPH has 1 sense:

1. a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes

  Familiarity information: GRAPH used as a noun is very rare.

• GRAPH (verb)
  The verb GRAPH has 2 senses:

1. represent by means of a graph
2. plot upon a graph

  Familiarity information: GRAPH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAPH (noun)

Meaning:

A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

graph; graphical record

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

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

Meronyms (parts of "graph"):

curve (a line on a graph representing data)

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

seismogram (the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph)

thermogram (a graphical record produced by a thermograph)

tachogram (a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph)

pattern; radiation diagram; radiation pattern (graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle)

myogram (a graphical recording of muscle activity)

Laffer curve (a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines)

electroretinogram (a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye)

EEG; electroencephalogram; encephalogram (a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph)

cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram (a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)

echocardiogram (a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph)

echoencephalogram (a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph)

ballistocardiogram (a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph)

characterisic function; characteristic curve ((electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters)

exponential curve (a graph of an exponential function)

• GRAPH (verb)

Meaning:

Represent by means of a graph

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

graph; chart

Context example:

chart the data

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

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Plot upon a graph

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

diagram; plot (make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something