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Shmoo plot

A graph of pass/fail test results that plots pairs of test criteria such as frequency vs. voltage, or voltage vs. temperature. The shapes of such plots may resemble (roughly) the ghost-like Shmoo character introduced to the Li'l Abner cartoon strip by Al Capp in the 1940s.

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