Correlate
['kɒrəleɪt;-rɪ-] or ['kɔrəlet]
Definition
(noun.) either of two or more related or complementary variables.
(verb.) bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; 'I cannot correlate these two pieces of information'.
(verb.) to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; 'Do these facts correlate?'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.
(v. t.) To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena.
(n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative.
Typist: Melville
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Correlative.
Checker: Patty
Definition
v.i. to be mutually related as father and son.—n. Correlā′tion.—adj. Correl′ative mutually or reciprocally related.—n. a person or thing correspondingly related to another person or thing.—adv. Correl′atively.—ns. Correl′ativeness Correlativ′ity.
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Examples
- It is not clear that the quality or character of man’s food is so closely correlated to his thought, but that it has its influence cannot be doubted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I will here only allude to what may be called correlated variation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Reis evidently did not know how to make the vibrations of his diaphragm translate themselves into exactly commensurate and correlated electric impulses of equal rapidity, range, and quality. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Variability is governed by many unknown laws, of which correlated growth is probably the most important. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When carbon unites chemically with oxygen, it is an exothermic reaction that gives off heat as correlated energy. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some observers are convinced that a damp climate affects the growth of the hair, and that with the hair the horns are correlated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This may be attributed partly to the principle of correlated growth, and partly to so-called spontaneous variation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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