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  1. [spatial analysis, statistics] In a variogram map, each cell that groups lags that share 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. [statistics] In a histogram, user-defined size classes for a variable.

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