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Noun: frequency distribution  'free-kwun(t)-see,dis-tru'byoo-shun
  1. (statistics) a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
    "The histogram showed the frequency distribution of test scores"

Derived forms: frequency distributions

Type of: distribution, probability distribution, statistical distribution

Encyclopedia: Frequency distribution