relation
Meaning
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- The act of relating a story.
- A set of ordered tuples.
- Specifically, a set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
- A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- A subobject of a product of objects.
- The act of intercourse.
Synonyms
relation back
correspondence
fellow clansman
fellow-clansman
fellow countryman
coition
bounded form
close relative
friendly relations
one’s lot
family line
one’s status
linked form
connection Descent
relational expression
dependency relation
comprison expression
affaire
making known
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈleɪʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relacion (whence French relation), from Latin relātiō, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relātus (“related”), from verb referō (“I refer, I relate”), from prefix re- (“again”) + ferō (“I bear, I carry”). Morphologically relate + -ion
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