a diagram that uses rectangles (= bars) of different heights (and sometimes different widths) to show different amounts, so that they can be compared 直方图，柱形图，条形图（以不同长度或宽度的长方形条块表示不同数量以作比较） The histogram shows the distances between early settlements. 直方图显示了早期定居点之间的距离。 This information is presented as a histogram. 此信息以直方图形式显示。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek histos ‘mast, web’ + -gram (see gram).