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Relation (noun)
The manner in which two things may be associated.
“The relation between diet and health is complex.”
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Relation (noun)
A member of one’s family.
“Yes, he’s a relation of mine, but only a distant one.”
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Relation (noun)
The act of relating a story.
“Your relation of the events is different from mine.”
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Relation (noun)
A set of ordered tuples.
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Relation (noun)
Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.
“Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.”
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Relation (noun)
A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
“This relation uses the customer’s social security number as a key.”
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Relation (noun)
A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
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Relation (noun)
A subobject of a product of objects.
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Relation (noun)
The act of intercourse.
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Relationship (noun)
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
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Relationship (noun)
The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
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Relationship (noun)
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
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Relationship (noun)
A romantic or sexual involvement.
“Why are they being mean to her just because she wants a relationship with him?”
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Relationship (noun)
A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other
“I have a good working relationship with my boss.”
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Relationship (noun)
The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.