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Adjective: correlative  ku're-lu-tiv
  1. Mutually related, having a correlation; varying or happening in a related or dependent manner
    "urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlative with a fall in reproductive rate";
    - correlate, correlated
     
  2. (grammar) expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
    "correlative conjunctions"
Noun: correlative  ku're-lu-tiv
  1. Either of two or more related or complementary variables
    "Height and weight are often correlatives in growth studies";
    - correlate

Derived forms: correlatives

See also: mutual, reciprocal, related, related to

Type of: variable, variable quantity

Encyclopedia: Correlative