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Distribution of rho, sigma and tau, initially, in statistical figure (9)

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I believe the answer is:

histogram

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'statistical figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'distribution of rho sigma and tau initially' is the wordplay.
'distribution of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'tau' is 't'.
'rho'+'sigma'='rhosigma'
'rhosigma' put after 't' is 'trhosigma'.
'trhosigma' with letters rearranged gives 'HISTOGRAM'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for histogram that I've seen before include "Representation blocked" , "statistical chart" , "plot" , "Statistical diagram" , "graph" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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