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histogram A chart showing the relative frequencies with which a measurable quantity takes values in a set of contiguous intervals. The chart consists of rectangles whose areas are proportional to the relative frequencies and whose widths are proportional to the class intervals. It can be used to picture a frequency distribution.

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

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his·to·gram / ˈhistəˌgram/ • n. Statistics a diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

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histogram A frequency graph in which the data range is divided into bins.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

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histogram See BAR CHART.

A Dictionary of Sociology GORDON MARSHALL

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