Definition of: chart

(chärt) noun
1. A map on which selected features or characteristics are clearly indicated; especially, one for the use of navigators, aviators, and meteorologists.
2. A sheet showing facts graphically or in tabular form.
3. An outline or diagram having some geographical or physical application.
4. A graph showing changes and variation of temperature, population, circulation of publications, death rate, etc.
—v.t. To map out; lay out on a chart. [<OF charte <L charta <Gk. chartē leaf of paper. Doublet of CARD.]