point size
- noun
- Specialized
- She increased the point size on the scatter plot to make outliers more visible to reviewers.
Examples
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In the plotting software, you can adjust the point size to emphasize data clusters.
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When exporting the figure, check the point size so markers remain clear at publication scale.
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The point size of the markers is too small.
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Can you adjust the point size for better visibility?
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In the plotting software, you can adjust the point size to emphasize data clusters.
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She increased the point size on the scatter plot to make outliers more visible to reviewers.
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When exporting the figure, check the point size so markers remain clear at publication scale.
Synonyms
How big something is, for example clothes or shoes
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the visual size of a plotted point' is directly and compositionally derived from 'point' (a dot/marker on a graph) + 'size' (how large something is). This simple noun-noun combination follows standard English compounding patterns and is readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words and the plotting context.
Etymology
Point size in graphs comes from the simple idea of a dot on a chart: the point is the dot and the size is how big that dot looks. That's why point size controls the 'visual size' of the markers so points on a plot can be made clearer or smaller.