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Variable vs Cartogram - What's the difference?

variable | cartogram |

As nouns the difference between variable and cartogram

is that variable is something that is while cartogram is (dated) generally , a map used to indicate geographically-bound statistical information, typically region-by-region values of a given variable, for example by using different shadings for different ranges of values.

As an adjective variable

is able to vary.

variable

English

(wikipedia variable)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to vary.
    • variable''' winds or seasons; a '''variable quantity
  • Likely to vary.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Lest that thy love prove likewise variable .
  • Marked by diversity or difference.
  • (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
  • (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

    • Synonyms

    * (able to vary) alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable * (likely to vary) fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady * (marked by diversity or difference) varying * aberrant

    Antonyms

    * (able to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable * (likely to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable * (marked by diversity or difference) unchanging * constant, invariable

    Derived terms

    * variability * variableness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is .
  • Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
  • (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
  • (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
  • (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
  • (astronomy) A variable star.
  • (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
  • (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is variable) changeable * (something whose value may be dictated or discovered) parameter * variable quantity

    Antonyms

    * (something that is variable) constant, invariable

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bound variable * categorical variable * continuous variable * dependent variable * discrete variable * flow variable * free variable * global variable * independent variable * instance variable * interval variable * local variable * member variable * metasyntactic variable * nominal variable * ordinal variable * ratio variable * stock variable * variable star * variably * vary

    See also

    * argument * variate

    External links

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    cartogram

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) Generally , a map used to indicate geographically-bound statistical information, typically region-by-region values of a given variable, for example by using different shadings for different ranges of values.
  • * 1888 October, Dewey, Davis R., "Elementary Notes on Graphic Statistics", in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology Quarterly , Volume II Number 1, published by the students (1888–1889), p. 99,
    • […] whether, however, two states with these respective ratios do not consequently sufficiently differ […] as to warrant distinction in the cartogram , is open to question.
  • * 1895 , "Book Notes", in Academy of Political Science (U.S.) and Columbia University Faculty of Political Science, Political Science Quarterly , Volume X Number 3, Academy of Political Science (1895), p. 560,
    • The fifth cartogram illustrates the criminal statistics for the period 1882-91, which are of unusual interest because […]
  • Specifically , a map-like graph where the relative areas of graph regions are proportional not to the relative areas of the land regions they represent, but rather to another quantitative variable, such as population or gross domestic product.

    • Synonyms

    * A map-like chart: area cartogram, isodemographic map (when the variable used is population), value-by-area map

    References

    * Gillard, Quentin. "Places in the News: The Use of Cartograms in Introductory Geography Courses." Journal of Geography . 78 (1979): 114-115.