correspondence

Noun
Synonyms: agreementcommensuratenessproportionatenesssymmetrysymmetricalnessbalanceparallelism

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. communication by the exchange of letters
  2. compatibility of observations“there was no agreement between theory and measurement”“the results of two tests were in correspondence”Synonyms: agreement
  3. the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amountSynonyms: commensuratenessproportionateness
  4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or planeSynonyms: symmetrysymmetricalnessbalance
  5. similarity by virtue of correspondingSynonyms: parallelism
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Correspondence \Cor`re*spond"ence\ (-sp?nd"ens), n. [Cf. F. correspondance.]

1.Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. [1913 Webster]

Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.The letters which pass between correspondents. [1913 Webster]

3.Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation. [1913 Webster]

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