El histograma
Example: El histograma muestra la distribución de los datos recogidos.
Definition
"El histograma" is a graphical representation used to display the distribution of numerical data by dividing it into intervals, or bins, and showing the frequency of data points within each interval as bars. It helps visualize patterns and variations in data sets.
Etymology
The word "el histograma" comes from the Greek 'histos' meaning 'anything set upright' and 'gramma' meaning 'something drawn or written.' It was adopted into Spanish through scientific and mathematical terminology to describe this type of bar graph. Did you know? The term originally referred to a woven fabric, reflecting the idea of 'threads' or data segments being represented visually.
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"El histograma" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Research - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 108 commonly used words.
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