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autocorrelation
[ aw-toh-kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, -kor- ]
/ ˌɔ toʊˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, -ˌkɒr- /
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noun Statistics.
the correlation of an ordered series of observations with the same series displaced by the same number of terms.
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Origin of autocorrelation
First recorded in 1945–50; auto-1 + correlation
Words nearby autocorrelation
autocoid, autocollimation, autocollimator, autocomplete, AutoCorrect, autocorrelation, auto court, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic, autocrine
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How to use autocorrelation in a sentence
In our NHL Elo system, that means autocorrelation wants to inflate the ratings of already good teams and suppress the ratings of not-so-great teams.
British Dictionary definitions for autocorrelation
autocorrelation
/ (ˌɔːtəʊˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən) /
noun statistics
the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independentAlso called: serial correlation
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