Definition of relative

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Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject..

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Debtor :: Debtor (n.) One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Either :: Either (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral..
Creditor :: Creditor (n.) One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor..
Gammer :: Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man..
Collateral :: Collateral (n.) A collateral relative.
Microseme :: Microseme (a.) Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.
Correlativeness :: Correlativeness (n.) Quality of being correlative.
Cognati :: Cognati (n. pl.) Relatives by the mother's side.
Universal :: Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient..
Vendee :: Vendee (n.) The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor..
Husband :: Husband (n.) A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to
Manikin :: Manikin (n.) A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc..
Relative :: Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..
Kinsfolk :: Kinsfolk (n.) Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.
Relativity :: Relativity (n.) The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject..
Broad-leafed :: Broad-leafed (a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves..
Type :: Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
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