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English
Etymology
From AF. relacioun, from OF. relacion (French: #French|relation), from L. relationem, nominative of relatio, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relatus, related, from verb referre, to refer, to relate, from prefix re-#Latin|re-, again, + ferre, to bear, to carry
Pronunciation
rÄ-lÄ'shÉn, /rɪËleɪÊÉn/, /<tt>rI"leIS@n</tt>/
audio|en-us-relation.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-eɪÊÉn|Rhymes: -eɪÊÉn
Noun
en-noun
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
#: The relation between diet and health is complex.
- mathematics A set of ordered tuples; equivalently, a Boolean function of two or more arguments.
#: Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
- A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
#: This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.
- 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.
Synonyms
(way in which two things may be associated): connection, link, relationship
(in mathematics): correspondence
(member of one's family): relative
(act of relating a story): recounting, telling
Translations
trans-top|way in which two things may be associated
Czech: vztah m
Finnish: suhde
German: Beziehung f
Japanese: é¢ä¿, é¢é£
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|Ù¾ÙâÛÙÙâÙدÛ
Malayalam: ബനàµà´§à´ (bandham)
Swedish: #Swedish|relation c, samband n
Slovenian: odnos m, relacija f
Telugu: à°¸à°à°¬à°à°§à°®à± (sambandhamu)
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trans-top|mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments
Chinese: å
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Czech: relace f
Dutch: relatie
Finnish: relaatio
French: relation f
German: Relation f
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Italian: relazione f
Japanese: é¢ä¿
Spanish: relación f
Slovenian: relacija f
Swedish: #Swedish|relation c
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trans-top|a set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database
Finnish: relaatio
German: Relation f
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Swedish: #Swedish|relation c
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trans-top|member of one's family
Finnish: sukulainen, omainen
French: parent#French|parent m
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Italian: parente m<!--note: this is correct; "parent" is "genitore"-->
Swedish: släkting c
Slovenian: sorodnik m
Telugu: à°¬à°à°§à±à°µà±
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trans-top|act of relating a story
Finnish: kertomus
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Related terms
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close relation
direct relation
distant relation
equivalence relation
friends and relations
indirect relation
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inverse relation
relate
relations
relationship
shirttail relation
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See also
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w:relation_(mathematics)|Wikipedia article on relations in mathematics
ancestor
aunt
brother
child
cousin
database
daughter
descendant
father
mid2
normal form
function
mother
parent
sibling
sister
son
table
uncle
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French
Etymology
From L. relatio.
Noun
fr-noun|f
- #Noun|relation
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio|Sv-relation.ogg|audio
Noun
relation c
sv-noun-reg-er
- #English|relation; how two things may be associated
- context|math|lang=sv relation; set of ordered tuples
- context|computing|lang=sv relation; retrievable by a database
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