Thesaurus: regression

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1. n. The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
2. n. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
3. n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
4. 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)
5. n. returning to a former state
6. The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. 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.
7. The act of passing back or returning; retrogression;retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. 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.
8. n:100 n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state 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) n. returning to a former state