Definition of relative

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Relative (a.) 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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Sannup :: Sannup (n.) A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.
Whereat :: Whereat (adv.) At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Thither :: Thither (a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water..
Correlative :: Correlative (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate..
Relative :: Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun..
Respective :: Respective (a.) Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society..
Cold :: Cold (n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.
Which :: Which (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will..
Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Thenadays :: Thenadays (adv.) At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.
Relative :: Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute..
Who :: Who (object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and who
Key :: Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock..
Debit :: Debit (v. t.) To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence Solomon was the prince who built the temple, prince is the antecedent of who..
Whereinto :: Whereinto (adv.) Into which; -- used relatively.
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