CHOROPLETH MAP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("choropleth map" is a kind of...):

map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))

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