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Bubble chart

Also called: bubble plot

ELI5

A chart where position and bubble size each carry information.

Used in conversation

“The bubble chart becomes unreadable if every company is labelled.”

Definition

A scatter plot in which marker size represents a third variable.

Here “Bubble chart” means: A scatter plot in which marker size represents a third variable.

Pitch context

You will see “Bubble chart” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business charts & exhibits.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business charts & exhibits without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.