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Correlation vs Correlator - What's the difference?

correlation | correlator |

As nouns the difference between correlation and correlator

is that correlation is correlation while correlator is that which correlates or causes correlation.

correlation

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * correlate

    correlator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which correlates or causes correlation
  • (statistics, quantum physics) A correlation function
  • (optics, signal processing) A type of device used to compare two signals

    • Derived terms

    *cross-correlator *leak correlator

    See also

    *(wikipedia "correlator")