Autocorrelate

/ˌɔːtəʊˈkɒrəleɪt/ verb

To measure the correlation or relationship between different parts of the same data set, time series, or signal at different time intervals.

From auto- (self) + correlate (from Latin correlatus, mutually related). Developed in statistics and signal processing in the 20th century for analyzing patterns.

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