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1616
1717 Figure
1818 The outermost container for a Matplotlib graphic. Think of this as the
19- sheet of paper to draw on.
19+ canvas to draw on.
2020
21- This isimpolemented in the class `.Figure `. For more details see
21+ This isimplemented in the class `.Figure `. For more details see
2222:ref: `figure-intro `.
2323
2424 Axes
25- This iswhat is often colloquially called" a plot". A data area with
26- :term: `Axis `\ es, i.e. coordinate directions. This includes also
27- decoration like title, axis labels, legend and data artists
28- likelines, bars etc .
25+ This iscontainer for is often colloquially called a plot/chart/graph.
26+ It's a data area with :term: `Axis `\ es, i.e. coordinate directions,
27+ and includes the data artists like lines, bars etc. as well as
28+ decoration liketitle, axis labels, legend .
2929
3030 Since most "plotting operations" are realized as methods on `~.axes.Axes `
3131 this is the object users will mostly interact with.
3232
3333 Note: The term *Axes * was taken over from MATLAB. Think of this as
34- A container spanned by the *x *- and *y *-axis, including decoration
34+ a container spanned by the *x *- and *y *-axis, including decoration
3535 and data.
3636
3737 Axis
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ This glossary defines concepts and terminology specific to Matplotlib.
4141
4242 Artist
4343 The base class for all graphical element that can be drawn.
44- Examples are Lines, Rectangles, Text, Ticks,Lengend , Axes, ...
44+ Examples are Lines, Rectangles, Text, Ticks,Legend , Axes, ...