plural of history sheet

(India) A rap sheet.

(India) A person with a criminal record, especially an extensive one.

Any histogenetic cell

plural of histoblast

plural of histochemist

One who studies histochemistry.

(psychology) The psychological illusion by which people tend to believe that their personalities and preferences have reached a more or less stable state, despite recognising that these things have undergone significant change in the past.

(photography, computer graphics) A histogram that acts as a graphical representation of the tonal distribution in a digital image.

(countable) A postulated history of the future that is used by authors in the subgenre of science fiction to construct a common background for fiction.