correspondence Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun communication by the exchange of letters
noun compatibility of observations
agreement.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
noun the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
proportionateness; commensurateness.
noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
symmetricalness; balance; symmetry.
noun similarity by virtue of corresponding
parallelism.

Cf. F. correspondance.

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon.

To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.
The letters which pass between correspondents.
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.