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 * N-dimensional histogram
 * Intuitive and convenient interface, everything *just works*
-* Support for different binning scenarios, including binning of angles
+* Support for different binning schemes, including binning of angles
 * Support for weighted events, with variance estimates for each bin
 * Optional underflow- and overflow-bins
 * High-performance through cache-friendly design