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anticorrelated

anticorrelated adjective: having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases. Also the simple past and past participle of anticorrelate.

Adjective

anticorrelated (not comparable)

  1. Having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases
    • Furthermore, the volume and entropy fluctuations in water at less than 4°C are anticorrelated, that is, the increase in volume which occurs when water is cooled results in a decrease in entropy.2007, E. Dendy Sloan, Carolyn A. Koh, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Third Edition, →ISBN, page 117

Also used as

anticorrelated is also the simple past and past participle of anticorrelate.

Origin of anticorrelated

From anti- + correlated.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about anticorrelated

What does anticorrelated mean?
Anticorrelated means having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases.
What part of speech is anticorrelated?
Anticorrelated is an adjective.

Words near anticorrelated in the dictionary

  1. anticorporation
  2. anticorporatism
  3. anticorporatist
  4. anticorporatists
  5. anticorrelate
  6. anticorrelated
  7. anticorrelates
  8. anticorrelating
  9. anticorrelation
  10. anticorrelations
  11. anticorrelative

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