Definitions for correlation

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correlation cor·re·la·tion

Spelling: [kawr-uh-ley-shuh n, kor-]

IPA: /ˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr-/

Correlation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1106 anagrams from letters in correlation (aceilnoorrt).

Definitions for correlation

noun

1. mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
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.

Origin of correlation

First recorded in 1555-65, correlation is from the Medieval Latin word correlātiōn- (stem of correlātiō). See cor-, relation

Examples for correlation

The correlation is especially robust in the lower grades, when students are in their formative years.

As a designer, Gianni was completely aware of that correlation.

So far we have only a superficial perception of this correlation.

The lack of correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease risk still stands.

Darwin called the same phenomenon the “correlation of growth” and geneticist today study what they call “pleiotropic effects.”

That is to say, in the nature of things the correlation could not have been otherwise.

Yet we accept them as the best expression which we have of the correlation of forces or objects.

Past research hints at a correlation between extent of brain injury following impact and the biomechanical forces at play.

And the best way of getting this correlation is through community surveys.

There is a correlation between the state of development of the teeth and of the foot.