bar graph
noun
: a graphic means of quantitative comparison by rectangles with lengths proportional to the measure of the data or things being compared
called also bar chart
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See Netflix’s daily viewing stats, by plan, as broken down in the below bar graph.
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
This bar graph shows how summer global temperatures in 2023 (in yellow) and 2024 (in red) varied from the long-term average.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
During his campaign, Mejia put up billboards on heavily trafficked streets with bar graphs comparing the three-billion-dollar L.A.P.D. budget with the city’s significantly smaller budget for housing and other priorities.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
One shown here [middle, bar graphs] reveals increased activity in the low-frequency ranges (theta and alpha) when a worker’s attention is high and cognitive stress is low; when the worker has low attention and high stress, there’s more activity in the higher-frequency ranges (beta and gamma).
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2022
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
This bar graph shows how summer global temperatures in 2023 (in yellow) and 2024 (in red) varied from the long-term average.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
During his campaign, Mejia put up billboards on heavily trafficked streets with bar graphs comparing the three-billion-dollar L.A.P.D. budget with the city’s significantly smaller budget for housing and other priorities.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
One shown here [middle, bar graphs] reveals increased activity in the low-frequency ranges (theta and alpha) when a worker’s attention is high and cognitive stress is low; when the worker has low attention and high stress, there’s more activity in the higher-frequency ranges (beta and gamma).
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2022
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“Bar graph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bar%20graph. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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