anticorrelation

anticorrelation

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider.
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English correlation
English anticorrelation

    From anti- + correlation.

    Noun

    anticorrelation (countable and uncountable, plural anticorrelations)

    1. (statistics) Negative or inverse correlation, a relationship in which one value increases as the other decreases.

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