regression
English Thesaurus
1. returning to a former state (noun.act)
hypernym | : | reversal, |
definition | : | a change from one state to the opposite state (noun.act) |
2. the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) (noun.cognition)
hyponym | : | curvilinear regression, |
definition | : | the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order) (noun.cognition) |
part meronym | : | regression analysis, |
definition | : | the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | statistics, |
definition | : | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition) |
3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state (noun.process)
4. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely (noun.state)
hypernym | : | abnormalcy, abnormality, |
definition | : | an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies (noun.state) |
5. returning to a former state (noun.act)
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