English
wikipedia
Etymology
regress + -ion
Pronunciation
(Canada) IPA|/r��ɡr���n/
Noun
en-noun

1. an action of regressing, a return to a previous state

#*1899: Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
#*:Few of these groups or communities that are classed as "savage" show no traces of regression from a more advanced cultural stage.

1. statistics an analytic method to measure the relationship between two variables

Antonyms
progression

Derived terms
linear regression
regression to the mean

Translations
trans-top|an action of regressing, a return to a previous state
Finnish: taantuminen, regressio
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Japanese: �帰 (kaiki)
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trans-top|an analytic method to measure the relationship between two variables
Finnish: regressio
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Japanese: �帰 (kaiki)
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