Definition of PERSECUTION. 1. : the act or practice of persecuting especially those who differ in origin, religion, or social outlook. 2. : the condition of being persecuted, harassed, or annoyed. See persecution defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
Telling a Story With Graphs. Task. Each of the following graphs tells a story about some aspect of the weather: temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit), solar radiation (in watts per square meters), and cumulative rainfall (in inches)) measured by sensors in Santa Rosa, CA in February 2012. Note that the vertical gridlines represent the start of the day whose date is given.
A line graph is commonly used to display change over time as a series of data points connected by straight line segments on two axes. The line graph therefore helps to determine the relationship between two sets of values, with one data set always being dependent on the other set.