— correlatively , adv. — correlativeness, correlativity , n.
/keuh rel"euh tiv/ , adj.
1. so related that each implies or complements the other.
2. being in correlation; mutually related.
3. Gram. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but.
4. Biol. (of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.
n.
5. either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
6. Gram. a correlative expression.
Also, esp. Brit., corelative .
[ 1520-30; correlativus. See COR-, RELATIVE ]