process

composite figure

also: multi-panel figure, compound figure

Figure gathering several panels under one caption and one number.

figure composite

aussi : figure multipanneau, figure composée

Figure réunissant plusieurs panneaux sous une seule légende et un seul numéro.

Les panneaux doivent partager leurs échelles quand ils invitent à la comparaison. Wilke la distingue des petits multiples : ses panneaux montrent des visualisations ou des données différentes.

Classification

process

Attestation

French term: Grosjean & Engels, Science des données biologiques I-III (University of Mons)
English definition: Nature and PLOS author guidelines ↗

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/composite-figure.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. composite figure. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/composite-figure.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-composite-figure,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {composite figure},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/composite-figure.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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