correspondence meaning and definition

CORRESPONDENCE noun

Definition of correspondence (noun)

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 amount
   • synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness
4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
   • synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry
   • antonym: asymmetry
5. similarity by virtue of corresponding
   • synonyms: parallelism