Correspondence (Noun)
Meaning 1
The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount.
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
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Meaning 2
Similarity by virtue of corresponding.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- The correspondence between the two shapes' angles and sides proved they were congruent.
- The rotation and reflection involved in the transformation established a one-to-one correspondence between the preimage and image.
- The line of symmetry divided the figure into two halves with perfect correspondence.
- Each point on one side of the circle corresponds to exactly one point on the other side, due to the circle's line of correspondence.
- By establishing the correspondence between the shapes' vertices, the geometer proved they were similar.
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Meaning 4
Communication by the exchange of letters.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
Compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- The researchers found a strong correspondence between the predicted outcomes and the actual experimental results.
- The data from the two studies were in perfect correspondence, confirming the initial hypothesis.
- There was a lack of correspondence between the theoretical models and the observational evidence.
- The team noticed a high degree of correspondence between the simulated and actual behavior of the complex system.
- A thorough analysis revealed a striking correspondence between the patterns observed in the natural environment and those predicted by the mathematical model.