autocorrelation
[ aw-toh-kawr-uh-ley-shuh n, -kor- ]
/ ˌɔ toʊˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, -ˌkɒr- /
noun Statistics.
the correlation of an ordered series of observations with the same series displaced by the same number of terms.
Nearby words
autocoid, autocollimation, autocollimator, autocomplete, autocorrect, autocorrelation, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic, autocrine, autocrine hypothesis
Origin of autocorrelation
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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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