hockey stick
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːki stɪk/
- Specialized
:
gráfico de hockey
- The hockey stick fabrication, which purported to show that current temperatures are unusually high, has been debunked.
- hockey stick graph
- hockey stick curve
And I see you with this hockey stick growth right now.
- And I see you with this hockey stick growth right now.
- And literally that same year, my business had a hockey stick year where it, yeah, it had a hockey stick year.
- However, I have done and it's been this podcast and I promise you, it's the shape of a hockey stick.
- We all felt that that hockey stick graph, as we called it, was the best, clearest thing to show people that climate change is real.
Examples
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Experts often use a hockey stick chart to illustrate the rapid rise in global sea levels due to climate change.
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And I see you with this hockey stick growth right now.
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Every climate data series has a hockey stick break in it.
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But the question is, are we an immediate threat of a rapid hockey stick rise like back in March?
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We all felt that that hockey stick graph, as we called it, was the best, clearest thing to show people that climate change is real.
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The entire Wegman report revolved around whether the statistical methods used to create the hockey stick were valid or not.
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The climate report presented a hockey stick graph that showed a sharp increase in temperatures over the last century.
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In the meeting, she displayed a hockey stick graph to highlight the dramatic growth in renewable energy sources.
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression is a metaphorical reference to the shape of an actual hockey stick (long/flat then sharply upturned), so a learner who knows 'hockey' and 'stick' can infer it refers to a shape. However, its conventional use to describe a graph/chart trajectory is a metaphorical extension and somewhat discourse-specific, so the exact application to data trends may not be fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Hockey stick as a chart name comes from the shape of the real stick: a long flat handle that suddenly bends up at the blade. That's why people call a graph a 'hockey stick' when it stays low for a long time and then rises quickly.