correlation

especially British, co·re·la·tion

[kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, kor-]

noun

1. mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc..

   Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients.

   Synonyms: interconnection, interrelationship, interdependence, equivalence, parallelism, correspondence, similarity

2. the act of correlating or state of being correlated.

3. Statistics.,  the degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together.

4. Physiology.,  the interdependence or reciprocal relations of organs or functions.

5. Geology.,  the demonstrable equivalence, in age or lithology, of two or more stratigraphic units, as formations or members of such.

correlation

/ ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. a mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things

2. the act or process of correlating or the state of being correlated

3. statistics the extent of correspondence between the ordering of two variables. Correlation is positive or direct when two variables move in the same direction and negative or inverse when they move in opposite directions

Other Word Forms

• correlational adjective
• intercorrelation noun
• miscorrelation noun
• noncorrelation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of correlation¹

First recorded in 1555–65; from Medieval Latin: correlātiōn- (stem of correlātiō ); cor-, relation

Word History and Origins

Origin of correlation¹

C16: from Medieval Latin correlātiō, from com- together + relātiō, _relation

Example Sentences

Guggenheim Investments Chief Investment Officer Anne Walsh said the correlation is working because there are important drivers for both gold and the stock market.

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Despite that, in the recent period, the short-term correlation seems to be somewhat positive as stocks and gold are up at the same time, she explained.

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Equities have risen during more than half the previous shutdowns, and there’s little correlation to the length of the impasse.

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The research found causation as opposed to correlation—a super-strong causation, much more strong than we expected.

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The correlation, to many, seemed too obvious to ignore.

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Related Words

• interaction 
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• parallel