\Chart\, n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter,
carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.]
1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which
   information is exhibited, esp. when the information is
   arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.
2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which
   is projected a portion of water and the land which it
   surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended
   especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States
   Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.
3. A written deed; a charter.
{Globular chart}, a chart constructed on a globular
   projection. See under {Globular}.
{Heliographic chart}, a map of the sun with its spots.
{Mercator's chart}, a chart constructed on the principle of
   Mercator's projection. See {Projection}.
{Plane chart}, a representation of some part of the
   superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is
   disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each
   other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances.
{Selenographic chart}, a map representing the surface of the
   moon.
{Topographic chart}, a minute delineation of a limited place
   or region.

\Chart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charted}.]
To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a
coast.