a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…
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lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
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a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change, Quantitative academic language.have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the politi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemic…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.the act of causing something to happen
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Quantitative academic language.the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.(statistics) correlated variation
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Quantitative academic language.cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemic…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.
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To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of pers…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lose, velocity, move, slowly, decelerated.
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