autocorrelation [aw-toh-kawr-uh-ley-shuh n, -kor-] WORD ORIGIN noun Statistics. the correlation of an ordered series of observations with the same series displaced by the same number of terms. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autocorrelation First recorded in 1945–50; auto-1 + correlation Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for autocorrelation autocorrelation noun statistics the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independentAlso called: serial correlation Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012