"Harvey ball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Harvey balls [plural]
Etymology: Named after Harvey L. Poppel, generally credited with inventing them in the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Harvey ball (plural Harvey balls)
  1. Any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information.
    Sense id: en-Harvey_ball-en-noun-Lx0H6Txl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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