relation
See also Relation
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
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.
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 7, The Myth of Mental Illness[1], ISBN 0-06-091151-4, page 107:
- [...] Signs are, first of all, physical things: for example, chalk
marks on a blackboard, pencil or ink marks on paper, sound
waves produced in a human throat. According to Reichen-
bach, "What makes them signs is the intermediary position
they occupy between an object and a sign user, i.e., a per-
son."1 For a sign to be a sign, or to function as such, it is
necessary that the person take account of the object it desig-
nates. Thus, anything in nature may or may not be a sign,
depending on a person's attitude toward it. A physical thing is
a sign when it appears as a substitute for, or representation of,
the object for which it stands with respect to the sign user. The
three-place relation between sign, object, and sign user is
called the sign relation or relation of denotation.
- [...] Signs are, first of all, physical things: for example, chalk
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 7, The Myth of Mental Illness[1], ISBN 0-06-091151-4, page 107:
- (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.
- (usually collocated: sexual relations) The act of intercourse
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
Hyponyms
- (set theory): function
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Translations
way in which two things may be associated
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mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments
set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database
member of one's family
act of relating a story
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French
Etymology
From Latin relatio.
Pronunciation
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Noun
relation f (plural relations)
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Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
relation c
- relation; how two things may be associated
- (mathematics) relation; set of ordered tuples
- (computing) relation; retrievable by a database
Declension
Declension of relation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | relation | relationen | relationer | relationerna |
| genitive | relations | relationens | relationers | relationernas |
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