correlation
See also: corrélation
English
Etymology
From Middle French corrélation Morphologically correlate + -ion
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: cor‧re‧la‧tion
Noun
correlation (countable and uncountable, 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
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Translations
a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
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measure of relationship
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Further reading
- correlation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia