Hypertext Webster Gateway: "correlation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
{Accumulation}, {Conservation}, {Correlation}, & {Degradation
of energy}, etc. (Physics) See under {Accumulation},
{Conservation}, {Correlation}, etc.
Syn: Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit;
efficiency; resolution.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Correlation \Cor`re*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. [LL. correlatio; L.
cor- + relatio: cf. F. corr['e]lation. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
correlation
n 1: a reciprocal relation between two or more things [syn: {correlativity}]
2: 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);
"what is the correlation between those two variables?"
[syn: {correlation coefficient}, {coefficient of
correlation}]
3: 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 [syn: {correlational
statistics}]
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