exchange of letters; agreement; similarity
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Correspondence Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Correspondence Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The letters which pass between correspondents.
The letters which pass between correspondents.
(n.)
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
(n.)
Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFriendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
correspondence
\cor`re*spond"ence\ (-sp?nd"ens), n. [cf. f. correspondance.]
1. friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. to facilitate correspondence between one part of london and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office.
2. the letters which pass between correspondents.
3. mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
correspondence
n
1. communication by the exchange of letters
2. compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" [syn: agreement]
3. the relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount [syn: commensurateness, proportionateness]
4. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set [syn: mapping, map]
5. communication by exchange of letters
6. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, balance]
[ant: asymmetry]
7. similarity by virtue of correspondence [syn: parallelism]
Cyfattebiaeth = n. correspondence
Goheb = n. correspondence
Noun
1. communication by the exchange of letters
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) card
(part-meronym) letter, missive
(derivation) correspond
2. compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
(synonym) agreement
(hypernym) compatibility
(hyponym) conformity, conformance
(derivation) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
3. the relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount
(synonym) commensurateness, proportionateness
(hypernym) proportion, proportionality
4. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
(synonym) mapping, map
(hypernym) function, mathematical function
(hyponym) isometry
5. communication by exchange of letters
(hypernym) first class, 1st class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail, priority mail
(derivation) correspond
6. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
(synonym) symmetry, symmetricalness, balance
(hypernym) spatial property, spatiality
(hyponym) regularity, geometrical regularity
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
7. similarity by virtue of correspondence
(synonym) parallelism
(hypernym) similarity
Correspondence Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Correspondence may refer to:
- In general usage, non-concurrent, remote communication between people, including letters, email, newsgroups, Internet forums, blogs
- Correspondence theory of truth (philosophy), a theory in epistemology
- Correspondence principle (physics), that theories must agree with experimental evidence
- Correspondence (theology), the relationship between spiritual and physical realities
- Correspondence (mathematics), several related meanings
- Correspondence analysis, a multivariate statistical technique
- Correspondence problem (computer vision), finding depth information in stereography
- Regular sound correspondence (linguistics), see Comparative method
- Correspondence rules (quantum mechanics)
- Correspondence chess played between different geographical locations
- Correspondence course, a distant education method
- Correspondence (album), a 1983 studio album by singer and musician Peter Godwin
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