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Correlation vs Anticorrelated - What's the difference?

correlation | anticorrelated |

As a noun correlation

is a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.

As an adjective anticorrelated is

having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases.

correlation

Noun

(en noun)
  • A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects
  • (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
  • An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
  • Derived terms

    * autocorrelation * correlation coefficient * Pearson correlation

    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.}}