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cor·re·la·tion   [kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, kor-]

noun1.mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.

2.the act of correlating or state of being correlated.

3.Statistics . the degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together.

4.Physiology . the interdependence or reciprocal relations of organs or functions.

5.Geology . the demonstrable equivalence, in age or lithology, of two or more stratigraphic units, as formations or members of such.

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