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Webster 1913 Edition


Correlation

Corˊre-la′tion

(-l?′sh?n)
,
Noun.
[LL.
correlatio
; L.
cor-
+
relatio
: cf. F.
corrélation
. Cf.
Correlation
.]
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 diseases
.
Correlation 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.
Reciprocal relation.

Definition 2024


correlation

correlation

See also: corrélation

English

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Noun

correlation (plural correlations)

  1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects
  2. (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
  3. (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

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