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correlation

Syllabification: (cor·re·la·tion)

Pronunciation: /ˌkôrəˈlāSHən/

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Definition of correlation

noun

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things:research showed a clear correlation between recession and levels of property crime
Statistics interdependence of variable quantities.
Statistics a quantity measuring the extent of interdependence of variable quantities.
the process of establishing a relationship or connection between two or more measures.