histogram
noun
his·to·gram
ˈhi-stə-ˌgram 
: 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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Long-term momentum is positive and expanding per the monthly MACD and histogram as silver pushes to its highest level since 2013.
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
The monthly stochastic oscillator has since fallen below 80%, a long-term overbought indication, and the monthly MACD histogram has downticked.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
This period can be seen in the monthly histogram below.
—Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The top of our forecast page has a histogram of a random subset of these simulations, showing you which outcomes are likelier than others.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
The monthly stochastic oscillator has since fallen below 80%, a long-term overbought indication, and the monthly MACD histogram has downticked.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
This period can be seen in the monthly histogram below.
—Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The top of our forecast page has a histogram of a random subset of these simulations, showing you which outcomes are likelier than others.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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histogram
noun
his·to·gram
ˈhis-tə-ˌgram
: a bar graph that uses rectangles of different heights to show how often the different values of a variable in statistics occur
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histogram
noun
his·to·gram
ˈhis-tə-ˌgram
: 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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