regression en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ (US)
- /rɪˈɡre.ʃən/ (Bangladesh, India)
- /rɪˈɡrɛ.ʃən/ (Bangladesh, India)
- /ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ (US)
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- /ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ (Canada)
- /ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ (UK)
- /ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/ (Australia)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion. The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
Few of these groups or communities that are classed as "savage" show no traces of regression from a more advanced cultural stage.
1899, Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class […] , New York: Macmillan, →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) An action of travelling mentally back in time.
I have done past life regressions on my own through self-hypnosis techniques that I learned in Brian Weiss's book Many Lives, Many Masters as well as with past life regression tapes.
2001, Carol DeCuffa, In Search of Home: An Essential Guide for the Evolving Soul:
- (countable, qualifier:psychotherapy, uncountable) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
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(countable, uncountable) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
Supervised learning problems are categorized into "regression" and "classification" problems. In a regression problem, we are trying to predict results within a continuous output, meaning that we are trying to map input variables to some continuous function.
(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):A social norm hypothesis [of crime] that focuses on the social meaning of order cannot be tested by a single time frame regression of neighborhood disorder and crime. That is simply asking too much of the data.
2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 4, in Illusion of Order:
- (countable, uncountable) An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
- (countable, uncountable) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
- (countable, uncountable) The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
- (countable, uncountable) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| regressions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
angioregression · regressionary · nonregression · deregression · sleep regression · regressionist · proregression (sense 1) · autoregression · regression tree · regression testing · regression to the mean · kitchen sink regression · regression therapy (psychotherapy) · age regression · pet regression · Down syndrome regression disorder · regressional · regressionism · vasoregression · neuroregression · metaregression · regression toward the mean
Descendants
Synonyms
deconversion · step back · restitution · reversion · deconversion · restitution · step back · regression · restoration
Translations (68)
fi regressio (action of travelling mentally back in time) · pt regressão (statistics: analytic method) · cmn 迴歸 /回归 (statistics: analytic method) · el απόκλιση (statistics: analytic method) · pl cofnięcie (return to a previous state) · fi takauma (action of travelling mentally back in time) · kk регрессия (statistics: analytic method) · id regresi (statistics: analytic method) · ga cúlú (statistics: analytic method) · tr gerileme (medicine: diminishing of a cellular mass) · fr régression (statistics: analytic method) · id regresi (statistics: equation) · sh nazadovanje (return to a previous state) · it regressione (return to a previous state) · sh регресија (return to a previous state) · fi regressio (medicine: diminishing of a cellular mass) · cmn 回歸 /回归 (return to a previous state) · bg регресия (statistics: analytic method) · pt regressão (return to a previous state) · ckb پاشۆچوون (statistics: analytic method) · id regresi (action of travelling mentally back in time) · fi regressio (statistics: analytic method) · no regresjon (statistics: analytic method) · hu regresszió (statistics: analytic method) · ru регре́ссия (return to a previous state) · tr gerileme (action of travelling mentally back in time) · es regresión (return to a previous state) · bg връщане назад (return to a previous state) · cmn 迴歸 /回归 (return to a previous state) · fr régression (return to a previous state) · is aðhvarf (statistics: analytic method) · sh regresija (return to a previous state) · fi taantuminen (return to a previous state) · tr gerileme (return to a previous state) · es retroceso (return to a previous state) · bg ретроспекция (action of travelling mentally back in time) · es regresión (statistics: analytic method) · tl balitugnay (statistics: analytic method) · el υποχώρηση (return to a previous state) · ga aischéimniú (return to a previous state) · mi tauhekenga (return to a previous state) · el οπισθοδρόμηση (return to a previous state) · it regressione (statistics: analytic method) · ja 回帰 (statistics: analytic method) · de Rückfall (return to a previous state) · ko 회귀 (return to a previous state) · el υποστροφή (return to a previous state) · de Rückgang (return to a previous state) · mk уназадување (return to a previous state) · pl regresja (return to a previous state) · de Rückschritt (return to a previous state) · ckb پاشۆچوون (return to a previous state) · pl regres (return to a previous state) · sh регресија (statistics: analytic method) · fi regressioanalyysi (statistics: analytic method) · ru возвраще́ние (return to a previous state) · pl uwstecznienie (return to a previous state) · cmn 回歸 /回归 (statistics: analytic method) · sh regresija (statistics: analytic method) · fi regressioyhtälö (statistics: equation) · ru регре́сс (return to a previous state) · de Rückbildung (return to a previous state) · no regresjon (return to a previous state) · ja 回帰 (return to a previous state) · fi regressio (psychotherapy: method of healing) · nl teruggang (return to a previous state) · fi regressio (return to a previous state) · mk назадување (return to a previous state)