Correspondence - Definition
correspondence
n 1: communication by the exchange of letters
2: compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement
between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests
were in correspondence" [syn: agreement, correspondence]
3: the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
[syn: commensurateness, correspondence,
proportionateness]
4: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact
reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or
plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence,
balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance]
5: similarity by virtue of corresponding [syn: parallelism,
correspondence]