Antonyms for correlation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-uh-ley-shuh n, kor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr-


Definition of correlation

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Middle French corrélation, from cor- "together" (see com-) + relation (see relation).
  • noun equating, equivalence
Example sentences :
  • Yet we accept them as the best expression which we have of the correlation of forces or objects.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And the best way of getting this correlation is through community surveys.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • That is to say, in the nature of things the correlation could not have been otherwise.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
  • So far we have only a superficial perception of this correlation.
  • Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
  • There is a correlation between the state of development of the teeth and of the foot.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • The concept of correlation had simply no meaning for Haeckel.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Haeckel had no slightest feeling for the true meaning of correlation.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Aristotle has various ways of explaining facts of correlation.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • This seems to me a remarkable case of correlation of growth.
  • Extract from : « The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. » by Charles Darwin
  • The "correlation of their entire lives" was, therefore, very imperfect.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for correlation

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