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symbatic

symbatic adjective: of or pertaining to a relationship between two related variables where increases or decreases in the value of one also occur in the other.

Adjective

symbatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a relationship between two related variables where increases or decreases in the value of one also occur in the other.
    • To use an expression recently introduced in physics, meaning “conformably growing"; “in direct proportion” would be a special instance of a symbatic relationship.1932, Dorian Feigenbaum, “Note on the Theory of Libidinal Types”, in The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, volume 1, numbers 3–4, →DOI, pages 543–544

Questions about symbatic

What does symbatic mean?
Symbatic means of or pertaining to a relationship between two related variables where increases or decreases in the value of one also occur in the other.
What part of speech is symbatic?
Symbatic is an adjective.

Words near symbatic in the dictionary

  1. symarr
  2. symarrs
  3. symars
  4. symbal
  5. symbals
  6. symbatic
  7. Symbian
  8. symbio-
  9. symbiodeme
  10. symbiodemes
  11. symbiodiniacean

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