bar graph

American  

noun

bar graphs plural

1. a graph using parallel bars of varying lengths, as to illustrate comparative costs, exports, birth-rates, etc.

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bar graph British  

noun

1. Also called: bar chart.   bar diagram.  a graph consisting of vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths are proportional to amounts or quantities

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bar graphs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bar graph

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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bar graph

When a reporter asked Newsom about Proposition 47, he turned to the screen onstage beside him and began playing an animated bar graph outlining states’ thresholds for felony theft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

She soon generated a color-coded bar graph showing men at all career levels ahead of women in lab space per capita.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2023

Sample answer: A bar graph with one bar for each year, in order, would be best since it would show the change in the number of deaths from year to year.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

For the bar graph, I would display the bars in chronological order and make sure that the colors used for each researcher’s data are clearly distinguishable.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

She leafed through the report, looking at the pie chart for “The Varieties of Citrus Grown in Tangerine County” and the bar graph for “The Decline of Citrus Acreage in Tangerine County.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor