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multifunctioning graphical element

Element that fills several roles at once instead of just one.

élément graphique multifonction

Élément qui remplit plusieurs rôles à la fois au lieu d'un seul.

Un axe qui porte aussi la distribution des valeurs, à la manière du trait de règle de Tufte.

Classification

encoding

Attestation

French term: Common usage, not attested by a source
English definition: Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd ed., 2001

Sources (1)

Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd ed., 2001

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

BibTeX

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

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