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Correlation   /kˌɔrəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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Correlation  n.  Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases.
Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation.
Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.






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"Correlation" Quotes from Famous Books



... In benign stupor purely mental stimuli may change the whole clinical picture abruptly and with this produce a change in the intellectual functioning such as we never see in organic dementias or clouded states. We find it more satisfactory to attempt a correlation of this with the other symptoms on a purely functional basis, as will be ...
— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch

... chief arteries of (a) the frog, (b) the rabbit. (c) Compare briefly the arrangements thus described. (d) In what important respects does the vascular mechanism of the frog differ from that of the fish, in correlation ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells

... of some structures, the utility of which is not apparent, by the existence of certain "laws of correlation." By these he means that certain parts or organs of the body are so related to other organs or parts, that when the first are modified by the action of "Natural Selection," or what not, the second are simultaneously affected, and increase proportionally or possibly so decrease. Examples of such ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart

... established in such cases by means of a Correlation which always consists of one or more unifying intermediates. And the words, hitherto un-united, which are thus ...
— Assimilative Memory - or, How to Attend and Never Forget • Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

... of brandy, of stimulants, and you have drawn me back, my heart beats strongly, for an hour. By means of drugs you have infused a new life—which of course is the old—and driven the material components of my body into correlation. You are successful for a time; so long as nature is with you; but all the while you are held aghast by the knowledge that the least flaw, the least disarrangement, and you ...
— The Blind Spot • Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint


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