| Correlation (n.) Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. Thesaurus Entries allegory, analogy, balancing, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, confrontation, confrontment, contingency, contrast, contrastiveness, dependence, distinction, distinctiveness, interrelation, likening, matching, metaphor, opposing, opposition, parallelism, proportion, relation, relativity, simile, similitude, trope of comparison, weighing |