graph paper

noun

Definition of graph paper

: paper ruled for drawing graphs

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Try using graph paper, and see how different amounts of shaking measure up on your scale. — Ben Finio, Scientific American, "Shaky Science: Build a Seismograph," 22 Aug. 2019 Items needed include backpacks, calculators, pencils, erasers, ruled paper, binders, graphing paper, composition books and highlighters. — Wendy Grove, Glendale News-Press, "GCC: ‘Pack-A-Backpack’ drive continues at Glendale Community College," 9 Sep. 2019 Eric programmed a Parrot Mambo drone to fly autonomous patterns that mirror math functions in 3D space to see it in a vertical orientation instead of how it’s typically sketched on 2D graph paper. — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, "Pearl of the Orient bows out of Rocky River restaurant scene: West Shore Chatter," 3 Sep. 2019 Among the most sacred is a collection of 8.5-by-12 inch graph paper that Brown used to detail plays with Cleveland in 1954. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "How the Broncos joined the NFL’s playbook revolution from back pockets to iPads," 31 Aug. 2019 Kestenbaum gave up on the planning tool and used good old fashioned graph paper to design her system. — NBC News, "Everything you need to know about buying (and installing) an IKEA closet system," 4 Aug. 2019 Later, Farfel Stark caught the stark contrast in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, where soldiers in line for a military parade reminded her of graph paper. — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, "How culture shapes your world: Houston filmmaker’s book wins awards," 25 July 2019 That’s because a straight line on a sphere is not the same shape as a straight line on a piece of graph paper. — Quanta Magazine, "Air Traffic Control for Random Surfaces," 5 Aug. 2016 In his early days at Safety-Kleen, Mr. Brinckman scrawled detailed plans for expansion on a sheet of graph paper big enough to cover a conference-room table. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Donald Brinckman Found a Grubby Business and Turned It Into a Wall Street Darling," 30 June 2018

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