Definitions

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  • noun A small graph of data presented as a line without axes.

Etymologies

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spark +‎ line, coined by American statistician Edward Tufte.

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Examples

  • This spreadsheet now lets you cram miniature "sparkline" charts inside cells (does anybody actually need that?) but otherwise has little new to offer for users who don't throw around Excelspeak like "pivot table" in everyday speech.

    Microsoft Office 2010 not yet worth the upgrade 2010

  • New graphic controls provide "sparkline" snapshots of historical data such as sales pipeline amounts over time.

    CRM Buyer 2008

  • New graphic controls provide "sparkline" snapshots of historical data such as sales pipeline amounts over time.

    E-Commerce Times 2008

  • New graphic controls provide "sparkline" snapshots of historical data such as sales pipeline amounts over time.

    TechNewsWorld 2008

  • Here, for example, is a sparkline showing the growth in the average number of daily visits to Slaw over the past 12 months: — which is not too shabby, even if it is small.

    Tufte Touted — Slaw 2007

  • Here, for example, is a sparkline showing the growth in the average number of daily visits to Slaw over the past 12 months: — which is not too shabby, even if it is small.

    Tufte Touted — Slaw 2007

  • Here, for example, is a sparkline showing the growth in the average number of daily visits to Slaw over the past 12 months: — which is not too shabby, even if it is small.

    Slaw » Tufte Touted » Print 2007

  • I'm not much of a sports nut, but I've known enough of them to know that they have a couple of needs that this sparkline fails to satisfy.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2006

  • You can turn on high points, for a line sparkline you will get a point on each sparkline that is the high point.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Partho 2010

  • Selecting the sparklines gives you a sparkline contextual tab in the ribbon, similar to selecting a chart or pivot table.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Partho 2010

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  • Tufte made up this word and I like it. I'd like to use them more as they are tha bomb.

    September 24, 2007