English dictionary

correlation

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a reciprocal relation between two or more things

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Synonyms correlativity

Source: WordNet 3.0
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)

noun.cognition

Examples
What is the correlation between those two variables?

Synonyms coefficient of correlation correlation coefficient

Source: WordNet 3.0
a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other

noun.cognition

Synonyms correlational statistics

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>correlation</i> of forces, or of zymotic diseases.

noun

Source: webster1913