Meaning of the word correlative in English

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correlative

US /ˈkɔːr.ə.lə.t̬ɪv/
UK /ˈkɔːr.ə.lə.t̬ɪv/

Adjective

1.

If two or more facts, numbers, etc. are correlative, there is an important relationship between them:

Example:
Each time the card is presented to the card reader it produces a correlative number.

Noun

1.

a fact, number, etc. that has an important relationship to another fact, number, etc.:

Example:
She views death as the natural correlative of life.
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