critique
scale break
also: axis breakBreak in the axis to absorb an extreme value.
Classification
- critique
Attestation
- English definition: The elements of graphing data
Sources (7)
63 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 1 book
- Cartography: thematic map design
- Computational statistics in data science
- Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference
- Practical charts: the essential guide to creating clear, compelling charts for reports ...
- Show me the numbers: designing tables and graphs to enlighten
- The elements of graphing data
- The grammar of graphics
Cite this entry
Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/scale-break.html
ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. scale break. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/scale-break.html
BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-scale-break,
author = {Taudière, Adrien},
title = {scale break},
booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
year = {2026},
version = {1.0.0},
publisher = {IdEst},
url = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/scale-break.html},
note = {CC0 1.0}
}Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-11-10. Images last changed on 2026-10-13. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.