Definition of relation

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Relation (n.) The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant..

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Give :: Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given..
Group :: Group (n.) To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of..
Isomerism :: Isomerism (n.) The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances..
Worldly :: Worldly (adv.) With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
Parse :: Parse (n.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically..
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..
Number :: Number (n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Agnate :: Agnate (n.) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
Alethoscope :: Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations..
Unmoral :: Unmoral (a.) Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral..
And :: And (conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence..
Filiety :: Filiety (n.) The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.
High :: High (superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..
Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet..
Correlation :: Correlation (n.) Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases..
Cointension :: Cointension (n.) The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension..
Sexually :: Sexually (adv.) In a sexual manner or relation.
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