About The Word Regression
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Regression
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What's The Definition Of Regression?
[n] returning to a former state
[n] 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) [n] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state [n] an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Synonyms | Synonyms for Regression: arrested development | fixation | infantile fixation | regress | regression toward the mean | retrogression | retroversion | reversion | simple regression Related Terms | Find terms related to Regression: See Also | abnormal condition | abnormalcy | abnormality | curvilinear regression | defence | defence mechanism | defence reaction | defense | defense mechanism | defense reaction | linear regression | rectilinear regression | regression analysis | reversal | statistical method Regression In Webster's Dictionary \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf.
F. r['e]gression.]
The act of passing back or returning; retrogression;
retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne.
{Edge of regression} (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along
which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a
{cuspidal edge}.
{Regression point} (Geom.), a cusp.
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