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correspondency

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cor⋅re⋅spond⋅en⋅cy

  [kawr-uh-spon-duhn-see, kor-]
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–noun, plural -cies.
correspondence (def. 3).
Origin:
1580–90

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.
6. news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.
7. Mathematics. function (def. 4a).
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < ML corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence

Synonyms:
5. accord, concord, consonance.
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cor·re·spon·den·cy   (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dən-sē, kŏr'-)   
n.   pl. cor·re·spon·den·cies
Correspondence.
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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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