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to graph

to graph

6 3.2
To draw data as a diagram using lines, bars, or dots
  • verb
  • /ɡræf/
translation icon : representar gráficamente
  • The teacher showed us how to graph the changes in temperature over the week.
  • graph data
  • graph the results
  • graph performance

It actually graphs, he says, the thing in its fullness.

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Examples

  • But let's go ahead and graph a ellipse here.

  • The data points can then be graphed, and simple percentages can be reported to team members.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So now we're going to graph X -, y.

  • Number one, we graph the volume of traffic and the quality of vehicles in that parking lot.

  • Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge.

  • The students are provided with instruction on how to graph the information and make a visual analysis.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Why don't you try, and then look around and graph the results.

  • Students can learn notation by writing down or graphing the musical patterns they have created.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Software automatically graphs water level changes, and data can be downloaded into Excel or Lotus.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The enhanced Sensing Science Laboratory software package lets students analyze EasySense Loggers' graphed or tabled measurements.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

to chart
vsto graph
79 3.5

To make a picture or table that shows information clearly

plots data into specific visual displays rather than general plans
to graphitize
vsto graph
  • Specialized
8.6

To put information into a graph to show links between things

plots data into common visual displays like lines or bars

Compounds

3 2.0

Paper with a regular grid of fine lines for drawing graphs or charts

2 3.1

A chart that uses bars of different lengths to show and compare numbers

undirected graph
  • Specialized
7.0

A set of points connected by lines that have no direction

How Detailed

to visualize
  • Specialized
17 4.1
to graph
6 3.2
to plot
  • Specialized
33 6.7
to record
762 2.3
to note
158 1.3

Surface Forms

graph infinitive
graphed past
graphed past participle
graphing present participle
graphs third person singular

Etymology

Graph as a verb comes from the old Greek word graphein, which means 'to write' or 'to draw'. To graph data is to draw or plot numbers on paper or a screen, so the origin helps you remember the verb means 'to show data by drawing'.