different between correlation vs attachment

English

Etymology

From Middle French corrélationMorphologically correlate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k????le???n/, /k????le???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k????le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: cor?re?la?tion

Noun

correlation (countable and uncountable, plural correlations)

1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
2. (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
3. (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

Derived terms

• autocorrelation
• correlation coefficient
• discorrelation
• Pearson correlation

Related terms

• correlate

Translations

Further reading

• correlation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From French attachement, equivalent to attach +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tæt?m?nt/

Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)

1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

   I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

3. A dependence, especially a strong one.
4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
5. The means by which something is physically attached.
6. (computing) A file sent along with an email.
7. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

   attachment of earnings

8. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
   • 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

Derived terms

• attachment disorder

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English attachment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?t?m?nt/, /??t?t?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: at?tach?ment

Noun

attachment m or n (plural attachments)

1. attachment (to an email)

   Synonym: bijlage

2. (psychology) attachment, personal bonding