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correlation

especially British, ···پDz

[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: , , , , , ,
  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

/ ˌɒɪˈɪʃə /

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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Other Word Forms

  • correlational adjective
  • intercorrelation noun
  • miscorrelation noun
  • noncorrelation noun
  • ˌǰˈپDzԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of correlation1

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

Origin of correlation1

C16: from Medieval Latin ǰپō, from com- together + پō, relation
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She argues that the correlation between falling police numbers and an expanding private security industry signals something "totally wrong".

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He found that Trump’s approval rating on immigration decreased in correlation with an increase in the attention that was being paid to the case.

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In “American Mirage,” she cites empirical evidence suggesting a strong correlation between local “Shark Tank” viewership and queries at Small Business Administration centers.

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The goal is to go beyond looking for mere correlations between brain activity and consciousness, and try to come up with explanations for its individual components.

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“There’s almost perfect correlation, where for every manufacturing job created in Mexico, another is created in the U.S.,”

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