| Noun | 1. | correspondence - communication by the exchange of lettersletter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami" | |
| 2. | correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination | |
| 3. | correspondence - the relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount | |
| 4. | correspondence - a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another setfunction, mathematical function - a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set isometry - a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points; "the isometries of the cube" | |
| 5. | correspondence - communication by exchange of letters | |
| 6. | correspondence - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or planeradial symmetry - the property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
| 7. | correspondence - similarity by virtue of correspondence | |