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 re·gres·sion /rɪˈgrɛʃən/
 回歸復原,逆行,退步

 re·gres·sion /rɪˈgrɛʃən/ 名詞
 退化,退行,回歸

 regression
 迴歸

 Re·gres·sion n.  The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
 Edge of regression (of a surface) Geom., the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge.
 Regression point Geom., a cusp.
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 regression
      n 1: an abnormal state in which development has stopped
           prematurely [syn: arrested development, fixation, infantile
           fixation]
      2: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from
         reality by assuming a more infantile state
      3: 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) [syn: simple regression,
          regression toward the mean, statistical regression]
      4: returning to a former state [syn: regress, reversion, retrogression,
          retroversion]