"covary" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: covaries [present, singular, third-person], covarying [participle, present], covaried [participle, past], covaried [past]
Etymology: From co- + vary. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|vary}} co- + vary Head templates: {{en-verb}} covary (third-person singular simple present covaries, present participle covarying, simple past and past participle covaried)
  1. (statistics) To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive Categories (topical): Statistics Related terms: covariable, covariance, covariate Translations (vary together): kovarioida (Finnish)

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