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Noun: covariance  kow'veh-ree-un(t)s
  1. (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
    "The researcher calculated the covariance to measure the relationship between height and weight"

Derived forms: covariances

Type of: variance

Encyclopedia: Covariance