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Harvey ball

Harvey ball noun: any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information.

harvey ball: any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information
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Noun

Harvey ball (plural Harvey balls)

  1. Any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information.

Forms of Harvey ball

pluralHarvey balls

Origin of Harvey ball

Named after Harvey L. Poppel, generally credited with inventing them in the 1970s.

Questions about Harvey ball

What does Harvey ball mean?
Harvey ball means any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information.
What part of speech is Harvey ball?
Harvey ball is a noun.
What is the plural of Harvey ball?
The plural of Harvey ball is Harvey balls.

Words near Harvey ball in the dictionary

  1. harvestry
  2. harvests
  3. harvesttime
  4. harvesttimes
  5. Harvey
  6. Harvey ball
  7. Harvey balls
  8. Harvey County
  9. Harvey Nicks
  10. Harvey process
  11. Harvey Smith

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