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Anticorrelated vs Anticorrelate - What's the difference?

anticorrelated | anticorrelate |

As an adjective anticorrelated

is (sciences) having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases.

As a verb anticorrelate is

to be anticorrelated; to show anticorrelation.

anticorrelated

English

Adjective

(-) (negative relationship)
  • (sciences) Having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, E. Dendy Sloan & Carolyn A. Koh, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Third Edition citation
  • , passage=Furthermore, the volume and entropy fluctuations in water at less than 4°C are anticorrelated , that is, the increase in volume which occurs when water is cooled results in a decrease in entropy.}}

    anticorrelate

    English

    Verb

    (anticorrelat)
  • To be anticorrelated; to show anticorrelation