regressions in English

noun
1
a return to a former or less developed state.
Will regression afflict the developing countries as aging weakens the industrial world?
2
a measure of the relation between the mean value of one variable (e.g., output) and corresponding values of other variables (e.g., time and cost).
We present the results of the linear regression analyses as relative risks and 95% confidence intervals.
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "regressions" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "regressions", or refer to the context using the word "regressions" in the English Dictionary.

1. All regressions were run on the 1994/95 to 2000/01 longitudinal square file.

2. This is another reason for believing that the best regressions take place under hypnosis.

3. Linear regressions of the feedback values on the reference values shall be performed for speed, torque and power

4. Flower and pod abscission were related to growth and developmental attributes using multiple regressions as well as path analysis.

5. 4 Other persons always speak with regressions, that is, beginning a sentence, then interrupting themselves and starting all over again.

6. The transient, mutually related regressions of analyst and Analysand which partly constitute the analyzing instrument modify the field of observation available to both, providing better access to derivatives of the Analysand's unconscious mental functioning

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