Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bar graph of a frequency distribution in which the horizontal axis lists each unique value (or range of values) in a set of data, and the height of each bar represents the frequency (or relative frequency) of that value (or range of values).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diagram of structural form-elements.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun statistics A
graphical display ofnumerical data in the form of upright bars, with thearea of each bar representingfrequency . - verb transitive To represent (data) as a histogram.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A binomial distribution is displayed graphically as a sort of bar graph called a histogram the dogs are lined up in a way that is reminiscent of a histogram.
Things They Should Have Taught Me Darren Kuropatwa 2008
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A binomial distribution is displayed graphically as a sort of bar graph called a histogram the dogs are lined up in a way that is reminiscent of a histogram.
Archive 2008-05-01 Darren Kuropatwa 2008
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The histogram is a bar chart that shows the distribution of tones in an image.
Macworld 2010
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The histogram is a bar chart that shows the distribution of tones in an image.
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The histogram is a bar chart that shows the distribution of tones in an image.
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The histogram is a bar chart that shows the distribution of tones in an image.
Macworld 2010
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Today, I will expand the idea of histogram and its utilization.
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Another indicator is the probability histogram, which is spiky because of the relatively small number of states in play based on polling data.
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Another indicator is the probability histogram, which is spiky because of the relatively small number of states in play based on polling data.
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Another indicator is the probability histogram, which is spiky because of the relatively small number of states in play based on polling data.
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