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Correlative

Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.

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Mutual 84% connected

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, adva…

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Mutual 84% connected

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, adva…

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Reciprocal 84% connected

Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

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Reciprocal 84% connected

Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

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Related 84% connected

of Relate

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Related 84% connected

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Variable 76% connected

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

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Correlate 92% connected

To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

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Correlated 92% connected

of Correlate

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origi…

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Amongst preposition · 78% connection

Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

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Authentic noun · 78% connection

Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octav…

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Balance noun · 78% connection

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is…

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Between preposition · 78% connection

Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between s…

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Case noun · 78% connection

One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words,…

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Consanguinity noun · 78% connection

The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity;…

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Converse adjective · 78% connection

Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

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Correlation noun · 78% connection

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place…

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

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Cross adjective · 78% connection

Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as…

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Derivational adjective · 78% connection

characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between ‘sing’ an…

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Ensign noun · 78% connection

A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; --…

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Haemo- unknown · 78% connection

Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.

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Heterology noun · 78% connection

The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the rel…

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Homology noun · 78% connection

Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between…

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Human relationship noun · 78% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

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Interrelated adjective · 78% connection

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

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