relation
- (countable, uncountable) The manner in which two things may be associated.
- (countable, uncountable) A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of relating a story.
- (countable, uncountable) A set of ordered tuples.
- (countable, uncountable) A set of ordered tuples.
- (countable, uncountable) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- (countable, uncountable) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- (countable, uncountable) A subobject of a product of objects.
- (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) The act of intercourse.
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”). By surface analysis, relate + -ion. Doublet of relazione.
Related words
correspondence
relation back
relazione
Beziehung
relación
relatie
relação
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