Correlation /(-l?"sh?n)/
Cor·re·la·tion
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.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.