trend line
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3.5
- noun
- /trɛnd laɪn/
- Specialized
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línea de tendencia
- The graph shows a clear trend line indicating the steady increase of sales over the past year.
- trend line rules
- baseline trend line
- trend line estimates
So those are kind of worrisome trend lines.
- So those are kind of worrisome trend lines.
- Timing by the Provost said please, please read that essay because it actually gives you a lot of data to talk about trend lines.
Examples
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The T4 intervention data showed a moderate to low range (03:07-01:50) with a flat trend line.
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So first of all, we've had this particular trend line up for Tesla.
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So do you see a trend line here in the future?
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Would you be bold enough to draw a trend line through a single data point?
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As can be seen in the figure, the two trend lines are almost identical.
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We're not creating a whole lot, but the trend line is up, not precipitously down.
Blog text (3) -
Women have made significant strides in most societies over the last century, but the trend line has not been straight.
Academic text (2007) -
Another technology would be the use of the 'ready selection of clinically relevant trend lines' to indicate the patient's current clinical status.
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So the blue and red dots are the two systems, and I've drawn the trend lines between them and you can see that they're very similar.
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Therefore, linear trend lines were calculated and added to the graphic presentations (Fig. 2).
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun–noun composition 'trend' (general direction) + 'line' (a drawn line) directly denotes a line that shows a trend on a graph, so the overall meaning is immediately derivable from the parts. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent conceptual combination (e.g. Spanish 'línea de tendencia'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
The noun trend line comes from drawing a line through many small data points on a graph to show the general trend. So, it means the 'overall direction' or 'pattern' of the data.