Correlate



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 相关的事物
• ［英］ n. 相关的事物 ( either o f two interrelated things)
• ［记］ cor＋rela te ( 相关) -> 共同相关 -> 相关的事物
• ［例］ Smoking and diseases of the lungs are thought to be correlates.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: back-formation from correlation
• Date: 1643
• 1. either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (as husband and wife)
• 2. a phenomenon that accompanies another phenomenon, is usually parallel to it, and is related in some way to it <precise electrical correlates of conscious thinking in the human brain — Bayard Webster
• ? correlate adjective

II. verb (-lated; -lating)

• Date: circa 1742
• intransitive verb
  • to bear reciprocal or mutual relations ; correspond
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation between <correlate activities in the lab and the field
    • b. to show correlation or a causal relationship between
  • 2. to present or set forth so as to show relationship <he correlates the findings of the scientists, the psychologists, and the mystics — Eugene Exman
• ? correlatable adjective
• ? correlator noun

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