correspondence

[kawr-uh-spon-duh ns, kor-] /ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dəns, ˌkɒr-/
noun
1.
communication by exchange of letters.
2.
a letter or letters that pass between correspondents:
It will take me all day to answer this business correspondence.
3.
Also, correspondency. an instance of corresponding.
4.
similarity or analogy.
5.
agreement; conformity.
6.
news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.
7.
Mathematics, function (def 4a).
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence
Related forms
noncorrespondence, noun
precorrespondence, noun
Synonyms
5. accord, concord, consonance.
Examples from the web for correspondence
  • There is never a one-to-one correspondence between statistical probabilities and everyday experience.
  • Some people use smaller paper for notes, or correspondence cards, cut to the size of the envelopes.
  • Many other, and more striking, examples of the lack of correspondence between race and language could be given if space permitted.
  • She particularly welcomes correspondence on the machinations of hiring committees.
  • Maintain editorial correspondence with prospective contributors.
  • Their pre-launch release of supposed correspondence is really all the proof that's needed.
  • Sometimes, there's a one to one correspondence between these.
  • Naively, there seems to be no correspondence between the experiment and the real astrophysical system.
  • Six years' worth of correspondence and everything that went with it were gone.
  • These qualities are what weigh with those who send for correspondence courses that promise ten ways to increase brain power.
British Dictionary definitions for correspondence

correspondence

/ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns/
noun
1.
the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding
2.
similarity or analogy
3.
agreement or conformity
4.
  1. communication by the exchange of letters
  2. the letters so exchanged
Word Origin and History for correspondence
n.

early 15c., "harmony, agreement," from Medieval Latin correspondentia, from correspondentem (nominative correspondens), present participle of correspondere (see correspond). Sense of "communication by letters" is first attested 1640s.

correspondence in Medicine

correspondence cor·re·spon·dence (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dəns)
n.
A relationship between corresponding points on each retina such that stimulation produces a single image.