Regression

Regression ( reverse lat regredi for, go back ) stands for:

Regression ( geology), the retreat of a shoreline
Regression ( hypnosis), method of looking back into their own childhood
Regression ( psychoanalysis ), un-/bewusster resorting to childish behavior
Regression (epidemiology ), decrease the incidence of disease in the sense of reducing the prevalence
Regression ( mathematics), investigated a possible correlation between data points with an assumed inner connection, see Adjustment Theory
Regression ( psychology of perception ), occurring during the reading return of the gaze to an already read text part, see eye movement

Regression number (biology), evolutionary process of reverse engineering of homologous organs
Regression test ( software development), error type in new software releases
Regression analysis, evaluation procedures
Regression to the mean, for repeat any measurement without perfect context are extreme values of the first measurement at the second measurement closer to the mean, and vice versa