correlation

The definition of a correlation is a connection or interdependence between two or more things.

(noun)

When there is a connection between very cold weather and your car not starting, this is an example of a situation where there is a correlation.

See correlation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

mutual relationship or connection
the degree of relative correspondence, as between two sets of data: a correlation of 75%
a correlating or being correlated

Origin: ML correlatio: see com- & relation

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See correlation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship, especially a structural, functional, or qualitative correspondence between two comparable entities: a correlation between drug abuse and crime.
Statistics The simultaneous change in value of two numerically valued random variables: the positive correlation between cigarette smoking and the incidence of lung cancer; the negative correlation between age and normal vision.
An act of correlating or the condition of being correlated.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin correlātiō, correlātiōn-

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + Latin relātiō, relation, report (from relātus, past participle of referre, to carry back; see relate)

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