Definitions
A bar chart showing how values are distributed across ranges.
Word origin
Probably from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast”) + γράμμα (grámma), although it is sometimes claimed to have been derived from historical + diagram; coined in 1891 by English mathematician Karl Pearson.
Used in a sentence
“Such distinctions, however, require detailed information, such as histograms of the distribution of energy use among residential customers, both by month and by year.”
“The use of the piecewise linear frequency polygon (FP) in place of the underlying histogram would seem mainly a graphical advantage.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Data bar chart”9 letters
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