The name of a sign used in frequency polygon

**koonwai** · January 22nd 2013, 07:35 PM

I always see a sign like Z (looks like a tilde, but line segment) lies at the beginning of horizontal axis in a frequency polygon. What is it called?

**ibdutt** · January 22nd 2013, 08:28 PM

It is called kink

**Prove It** · January 22nd 2013, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by koonwai

I always see a sign like Z (looks like a tilde, but line segment) lies at the beginning of horizontal axis in a frequency polygon. What is it called?

It is used to denote when part of an axis is missing.

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