line graph
noun
: a graph in which points representing values of a variable for suitable values of an independent variable are connected by a broken line
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The main one is that the powerbrokers in the MLB offices are craven, and their souls have been replaced with line graphs going up and up and up.
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
The emotional component may be what decides this, not the summary of any government report or the line graph in a think tank paper.
—Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
After eliminating drives that Backblaze considered young (under 5 years old), Backblaze came up with the below line graph, homing in on quarterly AFRs for its 4, 6, 8, and 10TB HDDs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2023
Irving Scher, a biomechanical engineer hired by Paltrow’s defense team, drew stick figures and line graphs on a white board, as well as jotted down equations calculating force and torque to argue that science supported Paltrow's account.
—Sam Metz and Christopher Weber, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023
In his office, De Natale shows me a simple line graph of the current rise.
—Russ Juskalian, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2017
Google Meet used to log average numbers for each person over the length of the call, but the new tool now shows each person's bandwidth in a second-by-second line graph.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
Photograph from Kyodo / AP Manabe’s pencil-line graph revealed three unexpected results.
—The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
Considering the inventive output over the past five years for some of these companies, some interesting observations can be made based on the line graph below.
—Anthony Trippe, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
The emotional component may be what decides this, not the summary of any government report or the line graph in a think tank paper.
—Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
After eliminating drives that Backblaze considered young (under 5 years old), Backblaze came up with the below line graph, homing in on quarterly AFRs for its 4, 6, 8, and 10TB HDDs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2023
Irving Scher, a biomechanical engineer hired by Paltrow’s defense team, drew stick figures and line graphs on a white board, as well as jotted down equations calculating force and torque to argue that science supported Paltrow's account.
—Sam Metz and Christopher Weber, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023
In his office, De Natale shows me a simple line graph of the current rise.
—Russ Juskalian, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2017
Google Meet used to log average numbers for each person over the length of the call, but the new tool now shows each person's bandwidth in a second-by-second line graph.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
Photograph from Kyodo / AP Manabe’s pencil-line graph revealed three unexpected results.
—The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
Considering the inventive output over the past five years for some of these companies, some interesting observations can be made based on the line graph below.
—Anthony Trippe, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
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“Line graph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20graph. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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