histogram

histogram
1. A graphic columnar or bar representation to compare the magnitudes of frequencies or numbers of items. 2. Graphical representation of the frequency distribution of a variable, in which rectangles are drawn with their bases on a uniform linear scale representing intervals, and their heights are proportional to the values within each of the intervals. [histo- + G. gramma, a writing]

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his·to·gram 'his-tə-.gram n a representation of a frequency distribution by means of rectangles whose widths represent class intervals and whose heights represent corresponding frequencies

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n.
a form of statistical graph in which values are plotted in the form of rectangles on a chart; a bar-chart.

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his·to·gram (hisґto-gram) [Gr. histos mast + -gram] a graphic display of a frequency distribution, represented by a series of rectangles dividing the data into classes, the height of a rectangle indicating the number of values that are contained in that class (class frequency) and the width of each base being the size of the intervals into which the classes have been divided.

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