digression

n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {aside},

{excursus}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}]

2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern): "a

diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into

irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: {diversion},

{deviation}, {deflection}, {deflexion}]

3: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: {excursion}]

regression

1. A mathematical method where an {empirical

function} is derived from a set of experimental data.

2. {regression testing}.

(1995-03-14)