graph paper

noun

1. paper printed with a pattern of straight or curved lines, especially a grid of small squares, for plotting or drawing graphs and curves.

graph paper

noun

1. paper printed with intersecting lines, usually horizontal and vertical and equally spaced, for drawing graphs, diagrams, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of graph paper¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“Nutsawoo will stay here and keep an eye on the nursery while we are gone. On to geometry! Gather your graph paper, please.”

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I pulled out my graph paper and my French curves, which would help me draw curves of different radii.

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The steel looked like a piece of giant graph paper before it was entombed in the wet concrete.

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In the steepest increase, the prices of the average package of graph paper listed on Amazon jumped from $9.37 last year to $11.69 this year.

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Before he installed the plants, he applied for a turf removal rebate from the city by scanning a sheet of graph paper into his computer and using Photoshop.

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