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bin

See Also: bin, histogram, kriging, lag

  1. [data analysis] In a variogram map, each cell that groups lags with similar distance and direction. Bins are commonly formed by dividing the sample area into a grid of cells or sectors, and are used to calculate the empirical semivariogram for kriging.
  2. [output] In a histogram, user-defined size classes for a variable.