See Also: correlative(dictionary)
correlative(dictionary)
CORRELATIVE(law)
correlative differentiation(medicine)

correlative (iou)



correlative adjective & noun. M16.
[medieval Latin correlativus, formed as COR- + late Latin relativus RELATIVE. Cf. French correlatif, -ive; CORELATIVE.]
A. adjective.
Related each to the other; occurring together; analogous; Grammar (of two words) corresponding to each other and regularly used together, (of a construction) formed with such words. (Foll. by with, to.) M16.
Isaac Taylor Such utterances of desire, or hope, or love, as seem to suppose the existence of correlative feelings. P. G. Perrin Either...or Correlative conjunctions.
Having or involving a relation such that each implies the other; mutually interdependent. (Foll. by with, to.) L17.
J. Locke Husband and wife, and such other correlative terms. G. Grote Correlative rights and duties.
Math. Of geometric figures, propositions, etc.: such that points in one correspond to lines (in two dimensions) or to planes (in three) in the other, and vice versa. L19.
b. noun. A correlative thing or word. M16.
objective correlative: see OBJECTIVE adjective & noun.
correlatively adverb M17.
correlativeness noun M18.
correla'tivity noun L19.