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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chart \Chart\ (ch[aum]rt; k[aum]rt Obs.), noun [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.]
1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.
2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.
3. A written deed; a charter.
{Globular chart}, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under {Globular}.
{Heliographic chart}, a map of the sun with its spots.
{Mercator's chart}, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See {Projection}.
{Plane chart}, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances.
{Selenographic chart}, a map representing the surface of the moon.
{Topographic chart}, a minute delineation of a limited place or region.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chart \Chart\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Charted}.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chart
noun
1: a visual display of information
2: a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
1: make a chart of; "chart the territory"
2: plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
3: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: {graph}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
197 Moby Thesaurus words for "chart": Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, adjust, aeronautical chart, alphabet, arrange, art, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, blueprint, brouillon, card index, cartographer, cartography, cartoon, cast, catalog, catalogue raisonne, catch a likeness, celestial chart, celestial globe, character, charactering, characterization, characterize, choreography, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, codify, conic projection, contents, contour line, contour map, conventional representation, coordinate, copy, cylindrical projection, dance notation, delineate, delineation, demonstration, dense, depict, depiction, depictment, design, diagram, dope out, draft, drama, draw, drawing, ebauche, elevation, esquisse, exemplification, figuration, figure, fix, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graph, graphic scale, grid line, ground plan, hachure, harmonize, heliographic chart, hieroglyphic, hit off, house plan, hydrographic chart, ichnography, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, index, isoline, latitude, lay off, lay out, layer tint, legend, letter, limn, limning, logogram, logograph, longitude, map, map maker, map out, map projection, mapper, mark off, mark out, meridian, methodize, musical notation, normalize, notate, notation, organize, outline, paint, parallel, pattern, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, pictogram, picture, picturization, picturize, plan, plat, plot, plot out, political map, polyconic projection, portraiture, portray, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, print, printing, profile, project, projection, rationalize, realization, register, regularize, regulate, relief map, render, rendering, rendition, represent, representation, representative fraction, road map, rough, routinize, rub, scale, schema, schematize, scheme, score, script, set out, settle, sinusoidal projection, skeleton, sketch, sketch out, special map, standardize, syllabary, symbol, symbolize, synchronize, systematize, tablature, table, table of contents, tabulation, take a rubbing, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map, thumb index, topographer, topographic chart, topography, trace, trace out, trace over, transportation map, tune, tune up, weather chart, weather map, working drawing, write, writing
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