regression
An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
An action of travelling mentally back in time.
A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing