uncorrelated
|un-cor-re-lat-ed|
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/ˌʌnˈkɔːrəleɪt/
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/ˌʌnˈkɒrəleɪt/
(uncorrelate)
not showing a relationship
Etymology
'uncorrelated' originates from English, formed by the negative prefix 'un-' (Old English) added to 'correlated', which comes from Latin 'correlatus', where 'com-/cor-' meant 'together' and 'relatus' (from 'referre') meant 'carried' or 'borne'.
'correlate' was formed from New Latin/Latin 'correlatus' and entered English as 'correlate'; adding the prefix 'un-' produced the adjective 'uncorrelated' in modern English to mean 'not correlated'.
Initially related to the idea of things being 'brought together' or 'related'; over time 'correlate/correlation' came to mean 'mutual relationship', and 'uncorrelated' evolved to mean 'not showing such a relationship'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'uncorrelate'.
After the adjustment, the variables were uncorrelated.
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Adjective 1
not correlated; showing no statistical correlation between two or more variables.
The two measurements are uncorrelated, so one cannot predict the other.
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Last updated: 2025/11/15 23:51