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   cor·re·la·tion

   /ˌkôrəˈlāSHən/

   noun

   • 1. a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things: "research showed a clear correlation between recession and levels of property crime"
   • ▪ the process of establishing a relationship or connection between two or more measures: "the increasingly similar basis underlying national soil maps allows correlation to take place more easily"
   • ▪ interdependence of variable quantities.
   • ▪ a quantity measuring the extent of the interdependence of variable quantities.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from medieval Latin correlatio(n-), from cor- ‘together’ + relatio (see relation).

   Derivatives

   • 1. correlational adjective

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