Chart

n. [Lat. charta, Gr. χάρτης, a leaf of paper; Fr. charte, charter. Cf. CARD.]

1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, especially when arranged methodically, or in tabular form; as, an historical chart.
2. A hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen.

Globular chart, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See PROJECTION.—Mercator’s chart, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator’s projection. See PROJECTION.—Plane chart, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, the parallels of latitude at equal distances, and of course the degrees of latitude and longitude every where equal to each other.—Selenographical chart, a map representing the surface of the moon.—Topographical chart, a draught of a particular place, or small part of the earth.