covariance

/ˈkoʊˌvɛriəns/
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Definitions of covariance
  1. noun
    (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
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    type of:
    variance
    the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
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