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correspondence

[kawr-uh-spon-duhns, kor-] Origin

cor·re·spond·ence

[kawr-uh-spon-duhns, 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.
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6.
news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.
7.
Mathematics. function (def. 4a).
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence

non·cor·res·pond·ence, noun
pre·cor·re·spond·ence, noun


5. accord, concord, consonance.

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correspondence (ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns)
 
n
1.  the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding
2.  similarity or analogy
3.  agreement or conformity
4.  a.  communication by the exchange of letters
 b.  the letters so exchanged

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Word Origin & History

correspondence
early 15c., "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 1640s.
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Medical Dictionary

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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