Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CORRELATION
correlation, correlational statistics
(noun) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other
correlation, correlativity
(noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
correlation (countable and uncountable, plural correlations)
A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
(algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor`re*la"tion (-l"shn), n. Etym: [LL. correlatio; L. cor- + relatio: cf. F. corrélation. Cf. Correlation.]
Definition: 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. Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation.
– Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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