How to pronounce histogram
American English pronunciation
HIS-tuh-gram
- IPA
- /ˈhɪstəˌɡɹæm/
- Syllables
- HIS · tuh · gram (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What histogram means
A bar graph showing how often values fall in each range
In a sentence: Our histogram showed how many kids scored in each range on the spelling quiz.
Where it comes from: The English mathematician Karl Pearson made it up in 1891, probably from a Greek word meaning "mast," like an upright pole, plus gram, for something drawn. Some say it was squeezed from historical and diagram.
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