graph, diagram or chart
graph, diagram or chart
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When should a pictorial plot on a plane depicting the interdependence of variables be called a graph, a diagram or a chart ?
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RE: graph, diagram or chart
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FunctionGraph.html
A diagram is a more generic word that is, according to Merriam-Webster, "a graphic design that explains rather than represents":
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RE: graph, diagram or chart
My diagram may be somebody else's chart with some graph added to it, and I might as well change it to a plot tomorrow when it gets too boring!