| regress | (n) the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence, Syn. reasoning backward |
| regress | (v) go back to a statistical means |
| regress | (v) get worse or fall back to a previous condition, Syn. retrogress, retrograde, Ant. progress |
| regression | (n) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state |
| regression | (n) the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x), Syn. simple regression, statistical regression, regression toward the mean |
| regression | (n) returning to a former state, Syn. regress, retrogression, reversion, retroversion |
| regression analysis | (n) the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another |
| regression coefficient | (n) when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line |
| regression equation | (n) the equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y, Syn. regression of y on x |
| regression line | (n) a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line, Syn. regression curve |
| Regress | n. [ L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede. ] 1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Regress | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Regressed p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing. ] To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Regression | n. [ L. regressio: cf. F. régression. ] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. --
Regression point (Geom.), a cusp. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Regressive | a. [ Cf. F. régressif. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Passing back; returning. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. [ 1913 Webster ]
Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Regressively | adv. In a regressive manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
