| a. | 1. | Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; | ||||||
| 2. | Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute. | |||||||
| 3. | (Gram.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; | |||||||
| 4. | (Mus.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.
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| n. | 1. | (Gram.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. | ||||||
| Noun | 1. | relative - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"Synonyms: relation |
| 2. | relative - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) Synonyms: congenator, congener | |
| Adj. | 1. | relative - not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" Antonyms: absolute - perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" |
| 2. | relative - properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" Synonyms: proportional |
RELATIVE. One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
| RELATIVE - Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). |
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