correlation

IPA: kɔrʌɫˈeɪʃʌn

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

Examples of "correlation" in Sentences

The article states the correlation as fact.
One argues the causation of the correlation.
The perturbation is the correlation potential.
It is the dependence of the region that is the primary correlation.
But the correlation is a short term correlation – there is little to no correlation in the long term trends.
Historically, the dependency between two securities has been calculated using linear correlation or more generically correlation.
Except the correlation is the opposite of conventional wisdom: the economy crashes after tax cuts and takes off after tax increases.
Except the correlation is the exact opposite of conventional wisdom -- the economy crashes after tax cuts and takes off after tax increases.
These assertions are based on increases in correlation over time between general circulation model prognostications and observations as derived from a centred pattern correlation statistic.
It is significant that in later times the term correlation has come to be applied more especially to the purely empirical constancies of relation, and has lost most of its functional significance.
They concluded that because of our failure to prevail in Vietnam and because of Nixon's willingness to come to Moscow and make deals -- the first SALT treaty and so on -- with the Russians that what they called the correlation of forces in the world had shifted to their advantage and that they were now on the winning wicket.