regression
英[rɪ'greʃ(ə)n]
美[rɪ'ɡrɛʃən]
- n. 回归；退化；逆行；复原
英英释意
- 1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- 2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- 3. 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)
- 4. returning to a former state