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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf
F. r['e]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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
regression
n 1: an abnormal state in which development has stopped
prematurely [syn: {arrested development}, {fixation}, {infantile
fixation}]
2: a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by
assuming a more infantile state
3: 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) [syn: {simple regression},
{regression toward the mean}]
4: returning to a former state [syn: {regress}, {reversion}, {retrogression},
{retroversion}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
regression
1. A mathematical method where an {empirical
function} is derived from a set of experimental data.
2. {regression testing}.
(1995-03-14)
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