choropleth map

短语

地区分布图

发音

US
UK /ˈkɔːɹəˌplɛθ/

词形变化

choropleth maps 复数 choropleth maps

别名

choropleth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thematic map in which the distribution of some property is shown using different colours.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

map

词源

From Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓra, “location”) + πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”) + English map. First proposed in 1938 by American geographer John Kirtland Wright to mean "quantity in area," although maps of the type have been used since the early 19th century.

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