correlativeadj.n.

Brit.

/kəˈrɛlətɪv/, U.S.

/kəˈrɛlədɪv/

Etymology: compare French correlatif , -ive (16th cent.); perhaps the source of both was a modern Latin *correlātīvus , < cor- = com- together + relātīvus relative n., adj., and adv., referring.

A. adj.

1. Having a reciprocal relation such that each necessarily implies, or is complementary to, the other; mutually interdependent; involving such a relation. Const. with, rarely to.

ΚΠ

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxv. 150 Father, and Son; Husband, and Wife, and such other correlative terms.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 417 Neighbourhood..is correlative, so that no man can be neighbour to another without the other being likewise neighbour to him.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 80 A free community with correlative rights and duties belonging to every citizen.

a. Normally or naturally related to each other or occurring in conjunction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective]

redditivec1525

correlative1530

reciprocate?1532

responsive1604

reciprocal1617

collateral1659

equivalenta1661

responding1670

co-relative1761

relative1849

correlate1850

correlated1859

complementary1860

obverse1875

double of1876

complemental1882–3

dual1947

intercorrelational1970

1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h The iustyce of god and the mercy of god be euermore correlatyue and concurrant.

1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 428/1 This conclusion is correlatiue [1570 corelatiue] with the first Article of our fayth.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xix. 68 It was Adam's strength, not its correlative hardness, that influenced his meditations.

b. Related in the way of analogy, similarity, etc.; corresponding, analogous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous

accordingc1300

proportionate?a1425

proportionablec1443

correspondentc1460

agreeable1540

answerable1551

match1551

analogical1577

suitablea1586

parallela1610

analogal1610

correlativea1626

matching1630

analogic1638

analogous1644

commensurate1644

samea1687

companion1766

homologous1837

to match1838

homological1849

homologic1880

homothetic1886

tallied1895

matched1925

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 93 Another sort of ambiguitas latens is correlative vnto these: for this ambiguitie..is when one name and appellation doth denominate divers things, and the second, when the same thing is called by divers names.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 26 Such utterances of desire, or hope, or love, as seem to suppose the existence of correlative feelings..in Him to whom they are addressed.

1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vi. 179 The Wenlock shale and Wenlock limestone much resemble..the correlative rock in the typical district.

3. Grammar. Applied to words corresponding to each other, and regularly used together, each in one member of a compound or complex sentence: e.g. either—or; so—as.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > correlative

redditive1659

reciprocal1728

correlative1871

1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §94 (margin) Correlative Construction.

1879 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. §1635 Comparative sentences..are introduced by correlative adjectives or adverbs; e.g. tantus…quantus, tam…quam, sic…ut.

4. Physics. Of forces: Mutually dependent and convertible: see correlation n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > mutually dependent and convertible

correlative1850

1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 96 The forces are inseparable and mutually dependent,—correlative, but not identical.

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 27 The forces of that [living] matter are..correlative with and convertible into those of inorganic nature.

5. Biology. Of variations of structure, etc.: Mutually related so that the one is normally associated with the other: see correlation n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [adjective] > processes or types of evolution

high?1548

recapitulative1836

retrogressive1853

transmutational1861

ontogenetic1869

convergent1871

phylogenetic1876

correlative1877

ontogenic1878

phylogenetical1879

phytogenetic1882

monotypic1888

phytogenetical1888

polytypic1888

ontogenal1890

phylogenal1890

recapitulatory1890

tachygenetic1893

ontogenetical1894

anagenetic1896

orthogenic1896

orthogenetic1899

macroevolutionary1937

microevolutionary1937

proterogenetic1938

speciational1944

parapatric1953

cladogenetic1957

allochronic1960

stasigenetic1965

stasipatric1967

speciating1970

punctuational1976

tachygenic-

1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 230 The blood..undergoes important correlative changes.

6. Geometry. Said of propositions, figures, etc. reciprocally related so that to a point in either corresponds (in solid geometry) a plane, or (in plane geometry) a straight line in the other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > of geometrical relation

reciprocal1570

regular1570

projectivea1652

semi-conjugate axis1743

homographic1859

symmetric1860

confocal1867

correlative1881

involutorial1885

conjugate1902

antisymmetrical1913

homoeomorphic1918

homotopic1918

isometric1952

1881 C. Taylor Anc. & Mod. Geom. Conics 346 Figures which correspond according to the law of duality have been called by Chasles..correlative figures.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 27 The following problem admits of two correlative solutions.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 28 In the Geometry of the plane, two correlative propositions are deduced one from the other by inter~changing the words point and line.

B. n.

a. Each of two things having a reciprocal relation such that the one necessarily implies, or is complementary to, the other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart

fellowc1330

marrow1516

correlative1545

mate1578

counterpane1612

counterpart1635

correlate1643

tally1647

correspondent1650

complement1827

co-relative1864

opposite number1874

oppo1932

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 36 The signe & the thing signified be correlatyues.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 17/1 Wher no inferior is, ther can be no superior, for..these together are correlatiues.

1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 44 a Priesthood and sacrifice are correlatiues, and cannot be the one without the other.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 113 Action and re-action are correlatives; one cannot exist without the other.

1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. VI. xxiv. 373 The words used..are what are called correlatives, one implies the other.

1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 245 Every several right has as its correlative an obligation.

†b. The two terms of such a relation have been distinguished as relative and correlative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a correlate

correlative1579

correlate1644

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 475 Euery relatiue must haue a correlatiue.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 5) i. 46 The relative, a Father... The correlative, a Sonne.

a. Something normally related to, or occurring along with, something else.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart > something normally accompanying something else

correlative1546

1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 66 b That vnderstande not the nature of correlatiues, and se not howe a promise, can onely be apprehended by fayth.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 248 Flanders..is the true correlatiue of the Indies, seeing that all the gold brought out of India is spent in the low countrie warres.

1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 58 A stab is alwayes due for a box on the eare, and is a correlatiue to it.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋180 The vital powers and bloud are Correlatives.

1890 E. R. Lankester Advancem. Sci. ix. 292 The naturalist-traveller and his correlative, the museum curator and systematist.

b. Something corresponding or analogous; an analogue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent

ylikeeOE

likea1200

make?c1225

fellow?a1425

proportion?a1425

countervailc1430

matcha1450

meetc1450

pareil?c1450

resemblant1484

equivalent1502

countermatch1587

second1599

parallel1600

equipollent1611

balancea1616

tantamount1637

analogy1646

analogate1652

form-fellow1659

equivalency1698

par1711

homologizer1716

peel1722

analogon1797

quits1806

correlate1821

analogue1837

representant1847

homologue1848

countertype1855

homologon1871

correlative1875

vis-à-vis1900

counterpart1903

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iii. 39 We have its very ancient correlatives in Sanskrit agra, etc.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 259 Those classes and purposes differ in a majority of cases, from their correlatives at the present day.

†c. Used of persons: A relative. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun]

gadlingeOE

sibmanOE

friendOE

sibOE

siblingOE

kinsmanc1175

friendmana1200

kinc1200

cousinc1300

allyc1380

kindreda1450

parent?c1450

alliancec1475

lyance1502

relation1502

relate1651

relative1657

relator1665

family member1673

correlative1697

relater1702

rellie1921

rello1982

1697 H. Layton Observ. Money & Coin 33 As when a tender Parent or kind Friend orders..a Joynt or Limb to be cut off from his correlative.

3. Grammar. Each of two correlative words: see A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > correlative

redditive1586

correlative1808

correlate1829

1808 T. F. Middleton Greek Article (1855) 36 Correlatives are words in regimen, having a mutual reference.

1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §288 b Either—or, neither—nor, whether—or, both—and, are used in pairs as correlatives.

1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §163 The proper correlative of which is such.

4. Physics, etc. A correlative force; the equivalent of some force in another form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > mutual relation of force and energy > a correlative force

correlate1862

correlative1862

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. v. §56 What continues to exist during these oscillations is some correlative of the muscular effort which put the chandelier in motion.

1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. ii. ix. 279 Pains are the correlatives of actions injurious to the organism.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xxi. 492 Every thought or feeling has its physical correlative.

Categories »

5. Biology. A normally and apparently necessarily associated characteristic: cf. correlation n. 3.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	correlative
释义	correlativeadj.n. Brit. /kəˈrɛlətɪv/, U.S. /kəˈrɛlədɪv/ Etymology: compare French correlatif , -ive (16th cent.); perhaps the source of both was a modern Latin correlātīvus , < cor-* = com- together + relātīvus relative n., adj., and adv., referring. A. adj. 1. Having a reciprocal relation such that each necessarily implies, or is complementary to, the other; mutually interdependent; involving such a relation. Const. with, rarely to. ΚΠ 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxv. 150 Father, and Son; Husband, and Wife, and such other correlative terms. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 417 Neighbourhood..is correlative, so that no man can be neighbour to another without the other being likewise neighbour to him. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 80 A free community with correlative rights and duties belonging to every citizen. 2. a. Normally or naturally related to each other or occurring in conjunction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] redditivec1525 correlative1530 reciprocate?1532 responsive1604 reciprocal1617 collateral1659 equivalenta1661 responding1670 co-relative1761 relative1849 correlate1850 correlated1859 complementary1860 obverse1875 double of1876 complemental1882–3 dual1947 intercorrelational1970 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h The iustyce of god and the mercy of god be euermore correlatyue and concurrant. 1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 428/1 This conclusion is correlatiue [1570 corelatiue] with the first Article of our fayth. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xix. 68 It was Adam's strength, not its correlative hardness, that influenced his meditations. b. Related in the way of analogy, similarity, etc.; corresponding, analogous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous accordingc1300 proportionate?a1425 proportionablec1443 correspondentc1460 agreeable1540 answerable1551 match1551 analogical1577 suitablea1586 parallela1610 analogal1610 correlativea1626 matching1630 analogic1638 analogous1644 commensurate1644 samea1687 companion1766 homologous1837 to match1838 homological1849 homologic1880 homothetic1886 tallied1895 matched1925 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 93 Another sort of ambiguitas latens is correlative vnto these: for this ambiguitie..is when one name and appellation doth denominate divers things, and the second, when the same thing is called by divers names. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 26 Such utterances of desire, or hope, or love, as seem to suppose the existence of correlative feelings..in Him to whom they are addressed. 1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vi. 179 The Wenlock shale and Wenlock limestone much resemble..the correlative rock in the typical district. 3. Grammar. Applied to words corresponding to each other, and regularly used together, each in one member of a compound or complex sentence: e.g. either—or; so—as. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > correlative redditive1659 reciprocal1728 correlative1871 1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §94 (margin) Correlative Construction. 1879 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. §1635 Comparative sentences..are introduced by correlative adjectives or adverbs; e.g. tantus…quantus, tam…quam, sic…ut. 4. Physics. Of forces: Mutually dependent and convertible: see correlation n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > mutually dependent and convertible correlative1850 1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 96 The forces are inseparable and mutually dependent,—correlative, but not identical. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 27 The forces of that [living] matter are..correlative with and convertible into those of inorganic nature. 5. Biology. Of variations of structure, etc.: Mutually related so that the one is normally associated with the other: see correlation n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [adjective] > processes or types of evolution high?1548 recapitulative1836 retrogressive1853 transmutational1861 ontogenetic1869 convergent1871 phylogenetic1876 correlative1877 ontogenic1878 phylogenetical1879 phytogenetic1882 monotypic1888 phytogenetical1888 polytypic1888 ontogenal1890 phylogenal1890 recapitulatory1890 tachygenetic1893 ontogenetical1894 anagenetic1896 orthogenic1896 orthogenetic1899 macroevolutionary1937 microevolutionary1937 proterogenetic1938 speciational1944 parapatric1953 cladogenetic1957 allochronic1960 stasigenetic1965 stasipatric1967 speciating1970 punctuational1976 tachygenic- 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 230 The blood..undergoes important correlative changes. 6. Geometry. Said of propositions, figures, etc. reciprocally related so that to a point in either corresponds (in solid geometry) a plane, or (in plane geometry) a straight line in the other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > of geometrical relation reciprocal1570 regular1570 projectivea1652 semi-conjugate axis1743 homographic1859 symmetric1860 confocal1867 correlative1881 involutorial1885 conjugate1902 antisymmetrical1913 homoeomorphic1918 homotopic1918 isometric1952 1881 C. Taylor Anc. & Mod. Geom. Conics 346 Figures which correspond according to the law of duality have been called by Chasles..correlative figures. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 27 The following problem admits of two correlative solutions. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 28 In the Geometry of the plane, two correlative propositions are deduced one from the other by inter~changing the words point and line. B. n. 1. a. Each of two things having a reciprocal relation such that the one necessarily implies, or is complementary to, the other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart fellowc1330 marrow1516 correlative1545 mate1578 counterpane1612 counterpart1635 correlate1643 tally1647 correspondent1650 complement1827 co-relative1864 opposite number1874 oppo1932 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 36 The signe & the thing signified be correlatyues. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 17/1 Wher no inferior is, ther can be no superior, for..these together are correlatiues. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 44 a Priesthood and sacrifice are correlatiues, and cannot be the one without the other. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 113 Action and re-action are correlatives; one cannot exist without the other. 1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. VI. xxiv. 373 The words used..are what are called correlatives, one implies the other. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 245 Every several right has as its correlative an obligation. †b. The two terms of such a relation have been distinguished as relative and correlative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a correlate correlative1579 correlate1644 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 475 Euery relatiue must haue a correlatiue. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 5) i. 46 The relative, a Father... The correlative, a Sonne. 2. a. Something normally related to, or occurring along with, something else. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart > something normally accompanying something else correlative1546 1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 66 b That vnderstande not the nature of correlatiues, and se not howe a promise, can onely be apprehended by fayth. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 248 Flanders..is the true correlatiue of the Indies, seeing that all the gold brought out of India is spent in the low countrie warres. 1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 58 A stab is alwayes due for a box on the eare, and is a correlatiue to it. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋180 The vital powers and bloud are Correlatives. 1890 E. R. Lankester Advancem. Sci. ix. 292 The naturalist-traveller and his correlative, the museum curator and systematist. b. Something corresponding or analogous; an analogue. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent ylikeeOE likea1200 make?c1225 fellow?a1425 proportion?a1425 countervailc1430 matcha1450 meetc1450 pareil?c1450 resemblant1484 equivalent1502 countermatch1587 second1599 parallel1600 equipollent1611 balancea1616 tantamount1637 analogy1646 analogate1652 form-fellow1659 equivalency1698 par1711 homologizer1716 peel1722 analogon1797 quits1806 correlate1821 analogue1837 representant1847 homologue1848 countertype1855 homologon1871 correlative1875 vis-à-vis1900 counterpart1903 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iii. 39 We have its very ancient correlatives in Sanskrit agra, etc. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 259 Those classes and purposes differ in a majority of cases, from their correlatives at the present day. †c. Used of persons: A relative. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] gadlingeOE sibmanOE friendOE sibOE siblingOE kinsmanc1175 friendmana1200 kinc1200 cousinc1300 allyc1380 kindreda1450 parent?c1450 alliancec1475 lyance1502 relation1502 relate1651 relative1657 relator1665 family member1673 correlative1697 relater1702 rellie1921 rello1982 1697 H. Layton Observ. Money & Coin 33 As when a tender Parent or kind Friend orders..a Joynt or Limb to be cut off from his correlative. 3. Grammar. Each of two correlative words: see A. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > correlative redditive1586 correlative1808 correlate1829 1808 T. F. Middleton Greek Article (1855) 36 Correlatives are words in regimen, having a mutual reference. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §288 b Either—or, neither—nor, whether—or, both—and, are used in pairs as correlatives. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §163 The proper correlative of which is such. 4. Physics, etc. A correlative force; the equivalent of some force in another form. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > mutual relation of force and energy > a correlative force correlate1862 correlative1862 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. v. §56 What continues to exist during these oscillations is some correlative of the muscular effort which put the chandelier in motion. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. ii. ix. 279 Pains are the correlatives of actions injurious to the organism. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xxi. 492 Every thought or feeling has its physical correlative. Categories » 5. Biology. A normally and apparently necessarily associated characteristic: cf. correlation n. 3. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1530
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