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chart
I. \ˈchärt, -ȧt, usu -d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French charte map, charter, from Latin charta document, piece of papyrus — more at card
1.
a. obsolete : map
b. : an outline map for conveying information about something other than the purely geographic
< a chart of temperature variations >
< a chart showing military maneuvers >
< a chart of the town lots >
c. : a hydrographic map : a map on which is projected a portion of water and usually adjacent or included land intended especially for use by navigators
< the United States Coast Survey charts >
< the British Admiralty charts >
d. : a small-scale representation of an area of the earth's surface, its culture and relief, and various aeronautical aids intended for use in air navigation
2. archaic : charter, grant, deed
3. archaic : card, playing card
4. : a form designed to record or provide information quickly and simply especially about something fluctuating or changing : table, graph, diagram
< a chart of rainfall for the past year >
< a chart of price changes >
< a clinical chart for a hospital patient >
5. : a summary of a racehorse's form
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to make a map or chart of : record or indicate by map, chart, outline, or graph : delineate
< the 1728 expedition that charted the dividing line between the two colonies — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
< above the boiling cloud cap of a hurricane, an Air Force plane charts the size of the disturbance — New York Times Magazine >
2. : to lay out a plan for typically in orderly outline : plan, project
< we have charted the course to a stable world peace — H.S.Truman >
< Churchill and Roosevelt met to chart strategy — New York Times Magazine >
III. noun
1. : a listing by rank (as of sales) — often used in plural
< number one on the charts >
2. : a musical arrangement for an ensemble or a part in such an arrangement |