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Webster 1913 Edition
Correlation
Corˊre-la′tion
(-l?′sh?n)
, Noun.
Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions;
as, the
. correlation
of forces, or of zymotic diseasesCorrelation of energy
, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; – usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See
– Conservation of energy
, under Conservation
. Correlation of forces
, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Correlation
CORRELATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
correlation
correlation
See also: corrélation
English
Correlation examples.
Noun
correlation (plural correlations)
- A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects
- (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
- (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
Derived terms
- autocorrelation
- correlation coefficient
- Pearson correlation
Related terms
Translations
a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
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measure of relationship
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