CORRESPONDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does correspondence mean? 

• CORRESPONDENCE (noun)
  The noun CORRESPONDENCE has 5 senses:

1. communication by the exchange of letters

2. compatibility of observations

3. the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

5. similarity by virtue of corresponding

  Familiarity information: CORRESPONDENCE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRESPONDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communication by the exchange of letters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):

1st-class mail; 1st class; first-class mail; first class (mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection)

black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

Meronyms (parts of "correspondence"):

letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):

card (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures))

Derivation:

correspond (exchange messages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Compatibility of observations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agreement; correspondence

Context example:

the results of two tests were in correspondence

Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):

compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):

conformance; conformity (correspondence in form or appearance)

Derivation:

correspond (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

commensurateness; correspondence; proportionateness

Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):

proportionality (a ratio of two quantities that is constant)

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

balance; correspondence; symmetricalness; symmetry

Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correspondence"):

geometrical regularity; regularity (a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles)

bilateral symmetry; bilateralism; bilaterality (the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane)

radial symmetry (the property of symmetry about an axis)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Similarity by virtue of corresponding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

correspondence; parallelism

Hypernyms ("correspondence" is a kind of...):

similarity (the quality of being similar)

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

 Context examples 

I think that the two together, Copperfield, replied Traddles, mean more than Mr. and Mrs. Micawber usually mean in their correspondence—but I don't know what.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"This is the spot," said the Professor as he turned his lamp on a small map of the house, copied from the file of my original correspondence regarding the purchase.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“We do all our correspondence with this machine at the office, and no doubt it is a little worn,” our visitor answered, glancing keenly at Holmes with his bright little eyes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At first, everyone was eager to write, and plump envelopes were carefully poked into the letter box by one or other of the sisters, who felt rather important with their Washington correspondence.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was a correspondence in rhythm between the growls and the movements of the man's hands.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A table used for interpreting pixels (voxels) to find the correspondence between image intensity values and displayed hues for the particular color scale employed.

(Color Lookup Table, NCI Thesaurus)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Adequately organize his/her correspondence with respect to stationery, address, stamps?

(DAD - Adequately Organize Correspondence, NCI Thesaurus)

“He has left nothing to incriminate him. His dangerous correspondence has been destroyed or removed. This is our last chance.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You must pardon me if I regard any interruption in your correspondence as a proof that your other duties are equally neglected.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Show an interest in his/her personal affairs such as his/her finances and written correspondence?

(DAD - Show an Interest in Personal Affairs such as Finances and Written Correspondence, NCI Thesaurus)