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noun
A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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verb
To represent (data) as a histogram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bar chart, bar graph
History
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.
Across languages
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