correlation English · revision 15430

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1561}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌkɒɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|corrélation]] or [[la-med|correlātiō]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|relātiō|t=relation]] (see [[relation]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Mutual relation or interdependence: 1561 in the OED and Merriam-Webster, the 1560s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Relationship between persons is an obsolete sense from 1649.^(OED 1989) Grove's ''correlation of forces'' in physics is from 1843,^(OED 1989) and the mutual association of structures in biology from 1859.^(OED 1989) The action of bringing into orderly connection is by 1879,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and in statistics the interdependence of two variable quantities from 1888.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1561 – mutual relation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1843 – correlation of forces.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1879 – the act of correlating.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1888 – statistical correlation.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(statistics)'' The degree to which two [[variable|alt=variables]] change together.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of correlating.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[correlational]]

+ * [[autocorrelation]]

+ * [[intercorrelation]]

+ * [[miscorrelation]]

+ * [[noncorrelation]]

+ * [[correlation coefficient]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[correlate]]

+ * [[relation]]

+ * [[relate]]

+ * [[correlative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}