Chart : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chart	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Chart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chart n a visual display of information a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea v make a chart of; "chart the territory" plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein" represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" Synonym(s): graph, chart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chart \Chart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charted}.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chart \Chart\, n. [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.