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English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman relacioun, from Old French relacion (cognate to French relation), from Latin relationem, accusative of relatio, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relatus (“‘related’”), from verb referre (“‘to refer, to relate’”), from prefix re- (“‘again’”) + ferre (“‘to bear, to carry’”)
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular relation |
Plural relations |
relation (plural relations)
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- The relation between diet and health is complex.
- A member of one's family.
- Yes, he's a relation of mine, but a only distant one.
- The act of relating a story.
- Your relation of the events is different from mine.
- (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
- (set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.
- Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
- (databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
- This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.
- (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
Synonyms
- (way in which two things may be associated): connection, link, relationship
- (member of one's family): relative
- (act of relating a story): recounting, telling
- (mathematics: set of ordered tuples): correspondence
- See also Wikisaurus:relative
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French
Etymology
From Latin relatio.
Pronunciation
Noun
relation f. (plural relations)
Anagrams
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
relation c.
| Inflection for relation | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | relation | relationen | relationer | relationerna |
| Possessive form | relations | relationens | relationers | relationernas |
- relation; how two things may be associated
- (mathematics) relation; set of ordered tuples
- (computing) relation; retrievable by a database
See also
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New York Times (blog)
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