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   regression

   /rɪˈɡrɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a return to a former or less developed state: "it is easy to blame unrest on economic regression"
   • ▪ a return to an earlier stage of life or a supposed previous life, especially through hypnosis: "the details recalled by Carol during the regression"
   • ▪ a lessening of the severity of a disease or its symptoms: "there was 46.7 per cent complete regression in the placebo group"
   • 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).

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