correlational

cor·re·la·tion  (kôr-lshn, kr-)

n.

1. A causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship, especially a structural, functional, or qualitative correspondence between two comparable entities: a correlation between drug abuse and crime.

2. Statistics The simultaneous change in value of two numerically valued random variables: the positive correlation between cigarette smoking and the incidence of lung cancer; the negative correlation between age and normal vision.

3. An act of correlating or the condition of being correlated.

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[Medieval Latin correlti, correltin- : Latin com-, com- + Latin relti, relation, report (from reltus, past participle of referre, to carry back; see relate).]

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corre·lation·al adj.

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Adj.

1.

correlational - relating to or employing correlation