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GRAPHICAL RECORD
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes
Synonyms:
graph; graphical record; graphical recording
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("graphical record" is a kind of...):
visual communication (communication that relies on vision)
Meronyms (parts of "graphical record"):
curve (a line on a graph representing data)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graphical record"):
seismogram (the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph)
characterisic function; characteristic curve ((electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters)
ballistocardiogram (a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph)
echoencephalogram (a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph)
echocardiogram (a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph)
cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram (a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)
EEG; electroencephalogram; encephalogram (a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph)
electroretinogram (a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye)
Laffer curve (a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines)
learning curve (a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall))
myogram (a graphical recording of muscle activity)
pattern; radiation diagram; radiation pattern (graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle)
tachogram (a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph)
thermogram (a graphical record produced by a thermograph)
exponential curve (a graph of an exponential function)
