chart

I. noun Etymology: Middle French charte, from Latin charta piece of papyrus, document — more at card Date: 1571 1. map: as a. an outline map exhibiting something (as climatic or magnetic variations) in its geographical aspects b. a map for the use of navigators 2. a. a sheet giving information in tabular form b. graph c. diagram d. a sheet of paper ruled and graduated for use in a recording instrument e. a record of medical information about a patient f. a listing by rank (as of sales) — usually used in plural <

number one on the charts — Tim Cahill

> 3. a musical arrangement; also a part in such an arrangement II. verb Date: 1842 transitive verb 1. to lay out a plan for <

chart a course

> 2. to make a map or chart of <

chart the coastline

> 3. chronicle <

the book charts the last years of his life

> intransitive verb to be ranked on a chart <

the song charted for three months

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