correlation

From Middle French corrélation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔɹəˈleɪʃən/, /kɑɹəˈleɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒɹəˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: cor‧re‧la‧tion

correlation (countable and uncountable, plural correlations)

1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
2. (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
3. (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

• autocorrelation
• correlation coefficient
• Pearson correlation

• correlate