relational

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English

Etymology

From relation +‎ -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧la‧tio‧nal

Adjective

relational (comparative more relational, superlative most relational)

  1. Relating to relations.
    Antonyms: irrelational, unrelational
    essays on relational rights
    • 1873, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, page 250:
      Of these three great groups of feelings the first are extremely unrelational; the second are somewhat more relational; and the third are relational in a comparatively high degree.
  2. Friendly and peaceful.
  3. (databases) Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
  4. (art) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.
  5. (linguistics) Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.

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Translations

German

Etymology

From Relation +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁelat͡sɪ̯oˈnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧o‧nal
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Adjective

relational (strong nominative masculine singular relationaler, not comparable)

  1. relational

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