regression

re·gres·sion  (r-grshn)

n.

1. Reversion; retrogression.

2. Relapse to a less perfect or developed state.

3. Psychology Reversion to an earlier or less mature pattern of feeling or behavior.

4. Medicine A subsidence of the symptoms or process of a disease.

5. Biology The return of a population to an earlier or less complex physical type in successive generations.

6. Statistics The relationship between the mean value of a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.

7. Astronomy Retrograde motion of a celestial body.

8. Geology A relative fall in sea level resulting in deposition of terrestrial strata over marine strata.

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regression [rɪˈgrɛʃən]

n

1. (Psychology) Psychol the adoption by an adult or adolescent of behaviour more appropriate to a child, esp as a defence mechanism to avoid anxiety

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics

a.  the analysis or measure of the association between one variable (the dependent variable) and one or more other variables (the independent variables), usually formulated in an equation in which the independent variables have parametric coefficients, which may enable future values of the dependent variable to be predicted

b.  (as modifer) regression curve

3. (Astronomy) Astronomy the slow movement around the ecliptic of the two points at which the moon's orbit intersects the ecliptic. One complete revolution occurs about every 19 years

4. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology the retreat of the sea from the land

5. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) (Philosophy / Logic) the act of regressing

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regression  (r-grshn)

1. A subsiding of the symptoms or process of a disease.

2. The return of a population to an earlier or less complex physical type in successive generations.

3. The relationship between the mean value of a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.

4. A relative fall in sea level resulting in deposition of terrestrial strata over marine strata. Compare transgression.

5. Retrograde motion of a celestial body.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	regression - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
	2.	regression - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
	3.	regression - the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic regression analysis - the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another linear regression, rectilinear regression - the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b curvilinear regression - the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)
	4.	regression - returning to a former state regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion reversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"

Translations

regression [rɪˈgreʃən] N → regresión f

regression [rɪˈgrɛʃ^ən] n → régression f

regression

n (lit form: = backward movement) → Rückwärtsbewegung f; (fig: of society) → rückläufige Entwicklung; (Biol, Psych, Med) → Zurückentwicklung f; his regression into childhood → sein Rückfall m → in die Kindheit

regression [rɪˈgrɛʃ/ən] n (frm) → regresso

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regression [rɪˈgrɛʃ/ən] n (frm) → regresso