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nounA data visualization tool (graph) that uses rectangular bars to represent and compare numeric values across different categories, with the length of each bar proportional to the value it represents.
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Catalan diagrama de barres, gràfic de barres
- diagrama de barresgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- gràfic de barresgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Chinese Mandarin 條形圖 /条形图, 條狀圖 /条状图
- 條形圖 /条形图 (tiáoxíngtú)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
- 條狀圖 /条状图 (tiáozhuàngtú)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
- 柱狀圖 /柱状图 (zhùzhuàngtú)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
- 棒形圖 /棒形图 (bàngxíngtú)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
Czech sloupcový graf, sloupcový diagram
- sloupcový grafgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- sloupcový diagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Danish søjlediagram
- søjlediagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Dutch staafdiagram
- staafdiagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Finnish pylväskaavio, pylväsdiagrammi
- pylväskaaviograph in the form of boxes of different heights
- pylväsdiagrammigraph in the form of boxes of different heights
German Säulendiagramm, Balkendiagramm
- Säulendiagrammgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- Balkendiagrammgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Hindi दंडचित्र
- दंडचित्र (danḍcitra)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
Indonesian diagram batang, bagan batang
- diagram batanggraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- bagan batanggraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- bagan balokgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- grafik batanggraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Japanese 棒グラフ
- 棒グラフ (bō-gurafu)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
Korean 막대그래프
- 막대그래프 (makdaegeuraepeu)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
Malay carta turus, carta palang
- carta turusgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- carta palanggraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Māori kauwhata poupou
- kauwhata poupougraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Norwegian Bokmål søylediagram
- søylediagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Polish wykres słupkowy
- wykres słupkowygraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Russian cто́лбчатая диагра́мма
- cто́лбчатая диагра́мма (ctólbčataja diagrámma)graph in the form of boxes of different heights
Spanish diagrama de barras, esquema de columnas
- diagrama de barrasgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- esquema de columnasgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- diagrama barradagraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- esquema columnargraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- diagrama columnariagraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Swedish stapeldiagram, stolpdiagram
- stapeldiagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
- stolpdiagramgraph in the form of boxes of different heights
Cite this entry
APA
bar chart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20chart
MLA
“bar chart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20chart. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar chart,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20chart.
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