correlations
- 1Plural of correlation.
The analysis revealed strong correlations between income and life expectancy.
Spurious correlations often appear when two unrelated trends move together by chance.
Note
The plural appears only when correlation is being counted, as one relationship, measure or mapping among several. Statisticians speak of correlations between pairs of variables, each one carrying a strength and a direction. Geometers use it for isomorphisms from a projective space to its dual. Where the idea stays general and uncounted, as in a lack of correlation, the singular is used and takes no -s.
correlations is a form of correlation
correlation, noun: A reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship between two or more comparable things, where changes in one correspond to changes in another. Full entry
- Forms
- correlationcorrelations plural
- Spelling
- correlation → correlations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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