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correlation

[ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌcorreˈlational, adjective
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Other Words From

  • corre·lation·al adjective
  • inter·corre·lation noun
  • miscor·re·lation noun
  • noncor·re·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of correlation1

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

Origin of correlation1

C16: from Medieval Latin correlātiō, from com- together + relātiō, relation
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Example Sentences

Predictive systems in general will be more accurate if they can reason about cause and effect rather than just correlation.

Experiments in monkeys suggest that this is more than a correlation.

His team reported causal evidence for this correlation in a November 2019 paper in Scientific Reports.

They were able to visualize correlations between all pairs of qubits and even uncovered long-range interactions between qubits that had not been previously detected and will be crucial for creating error-corrected devices.

Johnson has researched into the correlation between fatality projections and election outcomes.

From Ozy

The Italian health ministry said it could not prove a direct correlation between the flu vaccine and the deaths.

Darwin called the same phenomenon the “correlation of growth” and geneticist today study what they call “pleiotropic effects.”

As a designer, Gianni was completely aware of that correlation.

Past research hints at a correlation between extent of brain injury following impact and the biomechanical forces at play.

The lack of correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease risk still stands.

By memorising a Correlation, you so unite the two extremes in memory, that you need not afterwards recall the intermediates.

How much more vivid to many persons in this example is a Correlation, thus: “Mitral valves … mitred Abbots… none left … left.”

After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”

Never—in the early stages of the study of the System—make a second Correlation until you have memorised the first.

If you memorise the Correlation, you will recall the Name whenever you think of this Peculiarity (whatever struck you about him).

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