regression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: regression	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for regression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regression n an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Synonym(s): arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state 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) Synonym(s): regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression returning to a former state Synonym(s): regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regression \Regres"sion\ (r?gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf. F. r[82]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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
regression 1. A mathematical method where an {empirical function} is derived from a set of experimental data. 2. {regression testing}. (1995-03-14)