regression

Definition of Regression in English :

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Noun

1. arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression

an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. regression

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

3. regression, regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression

the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

4. regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion

returning to a former state

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Regression

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noun

1. psychology

the adoption by an adult or adolescent of behaviour more appropriate to a child, esp as a defence mechanism to avoid anxiety

2. statistics

a.

the analysis or measure of the association between one variable (the dependent variable) and one or more other variables (the independent variables), usually formulated in an equation in which the independent variables have parametric coefficients, which may enable future values of the dependent variable to be predicted

b.

(as modifier)

regression curve

3. astronomy

the slow movement around the ecliptic of the two points at which the moon's orbit intersects the ecliptic. One complete revolution occurs about every 19 years

4. geology

the retreat of the sea from the land

5.

the act of regressing

Regression

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noun

1.

a regressing, or going back; return; movement backward

2.

retrogression

3. Astronomy

the slow westward shifting of the nodes of an orbit, caused by a perturbation: the complete cycle of the regression of the nodes of the moon's orbit around the earth takes about 18.6 years

4. Biology

reversion to an earlier or simpler form, or to a general or common type

5. Medicine

a gradual subsiding of a disease or its symptoms

6. Psychoanalysis

reversion to earlier or more infantile behavior patterns

7. Statistics

an estimation technique in which functions or coefficients within functions are designed to estimate values of a dependent variable

Regression

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n.

1. The process or an instance of regressing, as to a less perfect or less developed state.

2. Psychology In psychoanalytic theory, reversion to an earlier or less mature stage of psychological development.

3. Medicine Subsidence of the symptoms or process of a disease.

4. Statistics A technique for predicting the value of a dependent variable as a function of one or more independent variables in the presence of random error.

5. Astronomy Retrograde motion of a celestial body.

6. Geology A relative fall in sea level resulting in deposition of terrestrial strata over marine strata.

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