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scatterplot

scatterplot is the alternative spelling of scatter plot.

Meaning of scatter plot

Noun

scatter plot (plural scatter plots)

  1. A type of display using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data.

Verb

scatterplot (third-person singular simple present scatterplots, present participle scatterplotting, simple past and past participle scatterplotted)

  1. To plot using a scatter plot

Forms of scatterplot

Noun
pluralscatterplots
Verb
third-person singular presentscatterplots
present participlescatterplotting
past participlescatterplotted
pastscatterplotted

Origin of scatterplot

From scatter + plot.

Questions about scatterplot

What does scatterplot mean?
Scatterplot means to plot using a scatter plot.
What is scatterplot the alternative spelling of?
Scatterplot is the alternative spelling of scatter plot.
What part of speech is scatterplot?
Scatterplot is a verb.
What is the past tense of scatterplot?
The past tense of scatterplot is scatterplotted.

Words near scatterplot in the dictionary

  1. scatterograms
  2. scatterometer
  3. scatterometers
  4. scatterometric
  5. scatterometry
  6. scatterplot
  7. scatterplots
  8. scatterplotted
  9. scatterplotting
  10. scatterpoint
  11. scatterpoints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scatterplot (page history and authors); scatter plot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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