Regression

What do we mean by regression?

The process or an instance of regressing, as to a less perfect or less developed state. noun

Reversion to an earlier or less mature pattern of feeling or behavior. noun

Subsidence of the symptoms or process of a disease. noun

A technique for predicting the value of a dependent variable as a function of one or more independent variables in the presence of random error. noun

Retrograde motion of a celestial body. noun

A relative fall in sea level resulting in deposition of terrestrial strata over marine strata. noun

In mathematics, a discrete series which has a last element but no first. noun

In statistics, the tendency of one variable phenomenon that is correlated with another to revert to the general type and not to equal the amount of deviation of the particular phenomenon with which it is correlated. noun

In breeding, the decline toward mediocrity of offspring from the mean of the two parents. Sometimes called filial regression. noun

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression. noun

In astronomy, motion from east toward west. noun

In geometry, contrary flexure; also, the course of a curve at a cusp. noun

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. noun

The line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. noun

A cusp. noun

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. noun

A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage. noun

An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable. noun

An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). noun

The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed. noun

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

An action of travelling mentally back in time.

A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.

An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).

The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.

The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.

(exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

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