direct correlation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandcorrelation
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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correlation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
a connection or relationship between two or more facts, ...
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It is not their goal, however, to establish adirectcorrelationbetween sound and iconography.
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We can conclude, then, that there is nodirectcorrelationbetween volcanic eruptions and drought four years later.
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Thus, the simple measurement of cellular proliferation was insufficient for adirectcorrelationto be made.
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Based on micro-structured beams and adirectcorrelationbetween source and image the shape of the sheath can be reconstructed.
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The absence of adirectcorrelationbetween trapped adults and tuber infestation in sandy soil may be due to lack of statistical power.
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She faced nodirectcorrelationof value and cost.
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We believe there is adirectcorrelationbetween the size of the cluster and the wavelength and pulse duration of the incident laser radiation.
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However, nodirectcorrelationhas been found between the amount of estrogen in the blood and the risk for cardiovascular disease.
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There is adirectcorrelationbetween the transcriptional activation of embryonic genes and an increase in cell cycle length.
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We find adirectcorrelationto a probability of 56 in 100 million.
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Indeed, in most instances, the number and size of the saints possessed by the testator had adirectcorrelationwith the individual's wealth and status.
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If this account is correct then there should be adirectcorrelationbetween reversed order adverbials and postposed pronouns crosslinguistically.
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Thedirectcorrelationbetween carbon isotopes and sea level is most easily explained by variations in epicontinental sea area affecting organic-matter burial fluxes.
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The seemingly significant value in year 4 is a result of recurring volcanism rather thandirectcorrelationto an eruption in year 0.
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Nodirectcorrelationwas observed between the rise in eosinophils and antibody titres.
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However,directcorrelationof the anatomical abnormalities and the functionally altered motion processing is lacking.
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There is adirectcorrelationbetween ideologies of gendered labor and female poverty, since female self-sufficiency is for many a practical impossibility in the absence of male protection.
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Although this anatomical/pathological system has been widely used, it has nodirectcorrelationwith pregnancy outcome or implications for management, since it is based on autopsy derived anatomical data.
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