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choropleth

/ ˈɔːəˌɛθ /

noun

    1. a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
    2. ( as modifier )

      a choropleth map

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choropleth1

C20: from Gk ō place + ŧٳDz multitude
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Amid the mask mandates and choropleth hospitalization maps, we settled into something we’d never had: a life together.

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A choropleth map of the area might show that there was a cluster of cholera cases, but it might not, depending on where the boundaries are drawn.

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They created a choropleth map of the results, using a location quotient whereby shading indicates the volume of followers relative to the total number of Twitter users in a given country.

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It’s a good counterpoint to the usual choropleth political-affiliation map in which little islands of Democrats float among a sea of low-density Republicans.

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