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cor⋅re⋅spond⋅ence
[kawr-uh-spon-duh
ns, kor-] 
–noun
| 1. | communication by exchange of letters. |
| 2. | a letter or letters that pass between correspondents: It will take me all day to answer this business correspondence. |
| 3. | Also, correspondency. an instance of corresponding. |
| 4. | similarity or analogy. |
| 5. | agreement; conformity. |
| 6. | news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent. |
| 7. | Mathematics. function (def. 4a). |
Synonyms:
5. accord, concord, consonance.
5. accord, concord, consonance.
func⋅tion
[fuhngk-shuhn] –noun
| 1. | the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role. |
| 2. | any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion. |
| 3. | a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand. |
| 4. | Mathematics.
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| 5. | Geometry.
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| 6. | Grammar.
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| 7. | Sociology. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon. |
| 9. | to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair. |
Origin:
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn- -ion
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn- -ion
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| cor·re·spon·dence (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dəns, kŏr'-) n.
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Correspondence
Cor`re*spond"ence\ (-sp?nd"ens), n. [Cf. F. correspondance.]1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. --Bacon. To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. --Macaulay. 2. The letters which pass between correspondents. 3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
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Language Translation for : Correspondence
Spanish:
correspondencia,
German:
die Übereinstimmung,
Japanese:
一致
correspondence
1413, "harmony, agreement," from M.L. correspondentia, from correspondentem, prp. of correspondere "correspond," from com- "together" + respondere "to answer" (see respond). Sense of "communication by letters" is first attested 1644; the newspaper sense of correspondent is from 1711.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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correspondence cor·re·spon·dence (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dəns)
n.
A relationship between corresponding points on each retina such that stimulation produces a single image.
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