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CORRESPONDENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compatibility of observations
Example:
the results of two tests were in correspondence
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):
compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):
conformance; conformity (correspondence in form or appearance)
Derivation:
correspond (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Similarity by virtue of corresponding
Synonyms:
correspondence; parallelism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Derivation:
correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Synonyms:
balance; correspondence; symmetricalness; symmetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):
geometrical regularity; regularity (a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles)
bilateral symmetry; bilateralism; bilaterality (the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane)
radial symmetry (the property of symmetry about an axis)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Communication by the exchange of letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):
1st-class mail; 1st class; first-class mail; first class (mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection)
black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Meronyms (parts of "correspondence"):
letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):
card (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures))
Derivation:
correspond (exchange messages)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
Synonyms:
commensurateness; correspondence; proportionateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):
proportionality (a ratio of two quantities that is constant)
Derivation:
correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)
Context examples:
The person who is responsible for correspondence handled in a postal system, such as letters and packages.
(Mail Contact, NCI Thesaurus)
Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions.
(Perceptual Distortion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Mary never wrote to Bath herself; all the toil of keeping up a slow and unsatisfactory correspondence with Elizabeth fell on Anne.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Her correspondence with her aunt Bertram was her only concern of higher interest.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She must have had much more to contend with, in carrying on the correspondence, than he could.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth soon heard from her friend; and their correspondence was as regular and frequent as it had ever been; that it should be equally unreserved was impossible.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
We have already agreed that secrecy may be necessary, and we must acknowledge that it could not be maintained if their correspondence were to pass through Sir John's hands.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Whether the torments of absence were softened by a clandestine correspondence, let us not inquire.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Correspondence in form or appearance.
(Conformance, NCI Thesaurus)
No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
