pie chart
noun
: a circular chart cut by radii into segments illustrating relative magnitudes or frequencies
called also circle graph
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Which were easier to understand, pie charts or sliding graphs?
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Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
But the pie chart in the post does not reflect the typical MISO fuel mix in recent years.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
These pie charts show the frequency of the different tags for age, gender, apparent skin tone, and lighting conditions in the 45,186 videos that make up the Casual Conversations data set.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2021
And within about a second, the search engine has retrieved information from multiple databases and created a pie chart showing a snapshot with live data on the percentage of procedures grouped by specialty as well as a fever chart showing how each of those numbers is changing over time.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
To illustrate the lopsided concentration, BofA put all 500 stocks in the benchmark index into a single mash-up pie chart, ranking each holding by its August return.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2020
Track’s slice in the pie chart of her life is ever-expanding.
—Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
This pie chart illustrates the proportion of breast cancer cases that run in families, compared with sporadic cases.
—Ashleen Knutsen, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2019
Another pie chart gives the age breakdown of Social Security beneficiaries.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2022
Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
But the pie chart in the post does not reflect the typical MISO fuel mix in recent years.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
These pie charts show the frequency of the different tags for age, gender, apparent skin tone, and lighting conditions in the 45,186 videos that make up the Casual Conversations data set.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2021
And within about a second, the search engine has retrieved information from multiple databases and created a pie chart showing a snapshot with live data on the percentage of procedures grouped by specialty as well as a fever chart showing how each of those numbers is changing over time.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
To illustrate the lopsided concentration, BofA put all 500 stocks in the benchmark index into a single mash-up pie chart, ranking each holding by its August return.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2020
Track’s slice in the pie chart of her life is ever-expanding.
—Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
This pie chart illustrates the proportion of breast cancer cases that run in families, compared with sporadic cases.
—Ashleen Knutsen, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2019
Another pie chart gives the age breakdown of Social Security beneficiaries.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2022
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