Definition of histogram
: a representation of a frequency distribution by means of rectangles whose widths represent class intervals and whose areas are proportional to the corresponding frequencies
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Here is histogram of the angular accelerations of different spins.
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Origin and Etymology of histogram
Greek histos mast, web + English -gram
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: 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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