Definition of relation

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Relation (n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation..

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Irrelation :: Irrelation (n.) The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.
Circulation :: Circulation (n.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants..
Side :: Side (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side..
Related :: Related (p. p. & a.) Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation..
Mid :: Mid (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..
Connection :: Connection (n.) The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship..
Idealism :: Idealism (n.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations..
Correlative :: Correlative (a.) Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
Society :: Society (n.) The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
People :: People (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English..
Psychophysical :: Psychophysical (a.) Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
Exterior :: Exterior (a.) Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom..
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) The state or relation of being or associate.
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba..
Objectivity :: Objectivity (n.) The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective..
Unmoral :: Unmoral (a.) Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral..
Thermomagnetism :: Thermomagnetism (n.) Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like..
Radio- :: Radio- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal..
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