Covariate vs Covariant - What's the difference?
covariate | covariant |
(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
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(category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition
(computing, programming) Using or relating to covariance.
A bihomogeneous polynomial in x'', ''y'', ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in ''x'', ''y , ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
The variety defined by a covariant.
As nouns the difference between covariate and covariant
is that covariate is a variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study while covariant is {{cx|algebra|lang=en}} A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.As an adjective covariant is
(Of a functor) which preserves composition.covariate
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(wikipedia covariate)Noun
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