Bar graph
a graph using parallel bars of varying lengths, as to ill-strate comparative costs, exports, birth-rates, etc.
noun
a graph consisting of vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths are proportional to amounts or quant-ties also called bar chart, bar diagram
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