pie chart
noun
: a circular chart cut by radii into segments illustrating relative magnitudes or frequencies
called also circle graph
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That is followed by a pie chart, showing 65 percent of children chose the theme park, and an equal amount chose the zoo and the theater.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
On the business model page of United’s investor relations website, two pie charts are displayed.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
The staff lines, the score, the time curve, the decibel scale, the angles and segments in pie charts—these elements do more than translate and communicate.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Generations of design successors have insisted that pie charts are difficult to read and even amount to optical informatic illusions, but we are still stuck with them.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
On the business model page of United’s investor relations website, two pie charts are displayed.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
The staff lines, the score, the time curve, the decibel scale, the angles and segments in pie charts—these elements do more than translate and communicate.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Generations of design successors have insisted that pie charts are difficult to read and even amount to optical informatic illusions, but we are still stuck with them.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pie chart
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“Pie chart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pie%20chart. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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