ALL meanings of correlation
cor·re·la·tion
C c - countable noun correlation A correlation between things is a connection or link between them. 3
- noun correlation a mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things 3
- noun correlation the act or process of correlating or the state of being correlated 3
- noun correlation 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 3
- noun correlation mutual relationship or connection 3
- noun correlation the degree of relative correspondence, as between two sets of data 3
- noun correlation a correlating or being correlated 3
- noun correlation A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. 1
- noun correlation connection, linked relationship 1
- noun correlation 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: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection. 1
- noun correlation the act of correlating or state of being correlated. 1
- noun correlation Statistics. the degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together. 1
- noun correlation Physiology. the interdependence or reciprocal relations of organs or functions. 1
- noun correlation Geology. the demonstrable equivalence, in age or lithology, of two or more stratigraphic units, as formations or members of such. 1
- noun correlation A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects. 0
- noun correlation (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship. 0
- noun correlation (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself. 0