correlate

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correlate[1,noun] correlate[2,verb]

Main Entry: ¹cor·re·late
Pronunciation: 'kor-&-l&t, 'kär-, -"lAt
Function: noun
Etymology: back-formation from correlation
1 : either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (as husband and wife)
2 : a phenomenon that accompanies another phenomenon, is usually parallel to it, and is related in some way to it <precise electrical correlates of conscious thinking in the human brain -- Bayard Webster>
- correlate adjective