regression

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/noun
High School
1

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

2

An action of travelling mentally back in time.

3

A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

4

An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.

5

An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).

6

The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.

7

The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.

8

The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

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

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing