to rechart
- verb
- /riːˈtʃɑːrt/
- To improve navigation in the area, the cartographers will rechart the coastline using modern technology.
Examples
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The scientist needed to rechart the ocean currents after discovering new data.
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In their journeys to, from, and between the holy places, they used the existing road systems, recharting them as pilgrim roads.
Academic text (2007) -
After major changes to the company's strategy, the team decided to rechart their goals for the next year.
Synonyms
To make a picture or table that shows information clearly
To draw something again to make it better or more correct
To draw data as a diagram using lines, bars, or dots
Draw a new graph of data after corrections
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rechart comes from re- 'again' and chart 'a map'. If a river or coastline changes, people must 'map it again', so to rechart is to create a new chart or map of a place.