Term: curvilinear regression: the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)
Candidate hypernym: regression: the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) → 1
Candidate hypernym: pyrethrum: used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum → 0
Candidate hypernym: theocracy: a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) → 0
Candidate hypernym: rest: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) → 0
Candidate hypernym: callionymidae: dragonets → 0
Candidate hypernym: extensor muscle: a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part → 0
Candidate hypernym: designer drug: a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs → 0
Candidate hypernym: blockbuster: an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) → 0
Candidate hypernym: xyphophorus: swordtails → 0
Candidate hypernym: eburnation: a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory → 0
Candidate hypernym: probe: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities → 0