Correlate Definition

correlate
adjective
  1. mutually related
noun
  1. either of two or more related or complementary variables
verb
  1. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"
  2. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"

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