Ken wrote: > Why is it called a "histogram?" I understand "histo-" to be a > combining form meaning organic tissue as in histography and > histogeny, but what does it mean in this context? >
histogram [f. Gk histos mast, web + -GRAM.] A diagram consisting of a number of rectangles or lines drawn (usu. upwards) from a base line, their heights representing frequencies of a series of values (or value-ranges) of a quantity. Bob
