covariance

1. 1.

   (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means

   Broadervariance

   statistics

Other forms of covariance

plural

covariances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about covariance

What does covariance mean?

covariance means "(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means".

How many syllables are in covariance?

covariance has 4 syllables: co-va-ri-ance. The stress falls on "va". In IPA it is /ˌkoʊˈvɑˌɹiəns/.

Is covariance a common word?

covariance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.