bar graph

noun

: a graphic means of quantitative comparison by rectangles with lengths proportional to the measure of the data or things being compared

called also bar chart

Examples of bar graph in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During his campaign, Mejia put up billboards on heavily trafficked streets with bar graphs comparing the three-billion-dollar L.A.P.D. budget with the city’s significantly smaller budget for housing and other priorities. —Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023

One shown here [middle, bar graphs] reveals increased activity in the low-frequency ranges (theta and alpha) when a worker’s attention is high and cognitive stress is low; when the worker has low attention and high stress, there’s more activity in the higher-frequency ranges (beta and gamma). —Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2022

Beside each app is a bar graph highlighting recent network activity. —Justin Pot, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023

Enlarge / Nvidia's H100 benchmark results versus the A100, in fancy bar graph form. —Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

bar graph

noun

: a graph that shows rectangles with lengths proportional to numbers as a visual way of comparing the numbers

called also bar chart