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correlation

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
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  • General-American: /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • General-American: /ˌkɑ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO2 R AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • clear correlation
  • positive correlation
  • strong correlation
  • weak correlation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: correlational statistics

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statistics

Narrower terms: curvilinear correlation, nonlinear correlation, skew correlation, partial correlation, positive correlation, direct correlation, negative correlation, indirect correlation, spurious correlation

5

noun

Meaning 5

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • what is the correlation between those two variables?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parametric statistic

Narrower terms: product-moment correlation coefficient, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, multiple correlation coefficient, biserial correlation coefficient, biserial correlation, split-half correlation, chance-half correlation, tetrachoric correlation coefficient, tetrachoric correlation

6

noun

Meaning 6

a reciprocal relation between two or more things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: correlativity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reciprocality, reciprocity

History

Etymology

From Middle French corrélation. Morphologically correlate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: узаемасувязь (uzajemasuvjazʹ) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Belarusian: узаемазалежнасць (uzajemazalježnascʹ) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Bulgarian: зависомост (zavisomost) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Bulgarian: взаимна зависомост (vzaimna zavisomost) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Catalan: correlació — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相关性 (xiāngguānxìng) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Dutch: correlatie — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Finnish: suhde — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Finnish: vastaavuussuhde — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • French: corrélation — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • German: Korrelation — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • German: Assoziation — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • German: Zusammenhang — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Greek: συσχέτιση (syschétisi) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Hindi: सहसंबंध (sahsambandh) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Hungarian: összefüggés — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Indonesian: korelasi — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Italian: correlazione — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Italian: nesso — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Japanese: 相関 (sōkan) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Manx: cocheintys — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korrelasjon — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korrelasjon — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Portuguese: correlação — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Russian: корреляция (korreljacija) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Russian: взаимосвязь (vzaimosvjazʹ) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Russian: взаимозависимость (vzaimozavisimostʹ) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Spanish: correlación — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Turkish: korelasyon — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Ukrainian: кореля́ція (koreljácija) — a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship
  • Basque: korrelazio — measure of relationship
  • Belarusian: карэля́цыя (kareljácyja) — measure of relationship
  • Bulgarian: корелация (korelacija) — measure of relationship
  • Catalan: correlació — measure of relationship
  • Czech: korelace — measure of relationship
  • Dutch: correlatie — measure of relationship
  • Estonian: korrelatsioon — measure of relationship
  • Finnish: vastaavuussuhde — measure of relationship
  • Finnish: korrelaatio — measure of relationship
  • Finnish: riippuvuussuhde — measure of relationship
  • French: corrélation — measure of relationship
  • Georgian: კორელაცია (ḳorelacia) — measure of relationship
  • German: Korrelation — measure of relationship
  • Hindi: सहसंबंध (sahsambandh) — measure of relationship
  • Hungarian: korreláció — measure of relationship
  • Indonesian: korelasi — measure of relationship
  • Italian: correlazione — measure of relationship
  • Italian: corrispondenza — measure of relationship
  • Central Kurdish: ھاوپەیوەندی گۆڕاوەکان (hawpeywendî gorrawekan) — measure of relationship
  • Central Kurdish: نێوانیەتی دووسەری (nêwanyetî dûserî) — measure of relationship
  • Persian: همبستگی (hambastagi) — measure of relationship
  • Polish: korelacja — measure of relationship
  • Portuguese: correlação — measure of relationship
  • Romanian: corelație — measure of relationship
  • Russian: корреля́ция (korreljácija) — measure of relationship
  • Spanish: correlación — measure of relationship
  • Swedish: korrelation — measure of relationship
  • Tagalog: satugnay — measure of relationship
  • Thai: สหสัมพันธ์ (sà-hà-sǎm-pan) — measure of relationship
  • Ukrainian: кореля́ція (koreljácija) — measure of relationship
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