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correspondence definition

cor·re·spond·ence (-spän′dəns)

noun

  1. agreement with something else or with one another; conformity
  2. similarity; analogy
    1. communication by exchange of letters
    2. the letters received or written
  4. Math. a clearly defined relationship between two members of a set, or different sets, as one-to-one correspondence

Etymology: ME < ML correspondentia < prp. of correspondere: see correspond

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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