Learn English – Corresponding or associated? Which to use

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I want to write a sentence wherein the context is that there is a group 'T' which has fields T1, T2, … Tn.
Should I write fields corresponding to 'T' or fields associated with 'T'?

What exactly is the difference between the two? Any help will be highly appreciated.

Best Answer

In the context of a scientific paper, I would read 'associated with' as meaning 'related to in some way'. 'Corresponding to' on the other hand is more strictly defined - it implies a one-to-one relationship. x and y values on a graph would be a good example - for every value of x, there is a corresponding value y.

In your example:

group 'T' which has fields T1, T2, … Tn.

Neither seems to be the case. I would suggest something along the lines of:

...group 'T' which is comprised of fields T1, T2, … Tn.

...group 'T' which is composed of fields T1, T2, … Tn.

...group 'T' which ranges from T1, T2, … Tn.