relation
Definitions of relation
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a particular manner of connectednesstypes:pertinencerelevant relation or interconnection
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a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
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a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)synonyms: rapporttypes:relation personnellea relation between personstype of:rapportan abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)types:liena connection based on kinship or marriage or common interestliaisonan associative relationrapportthe relation of something to the matter at handlienthe means of connection between things linked in seriesjustesserelevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at handpertinencerelevant relation or interconnectiontype of:rapportan abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts togethersynonyms: rapporttypes:relation socialea relation between living organisms (especially between people)emplacement, localisation, position, relation spatialethe spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situatedpropriététhe relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to otherscausalitéthe relation between causes and effectsrapporta relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)relation logiquea relation between propositionsrelation mathématiquea relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)fondationsthe basis on which something is groundedconnexion, lien, rapporta relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)relation linguistiquea relation between linguistic forms or constituentspartiesomething determined in relation to something that includes itparentéa close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or characterordre de grandeura relation between magnitudescommande, contrainte, contrôle, maîtrisea relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by anotherrelations professionnellesa relation between different business enterprisesréciprocitéa relation of mutual dependence or action or influencerelation temporellea relation involving timeoppositionthe relation between opposed entitieschangementa relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some eventinclinaisonthe property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the verticaldegré d'inclinaison, inclinaison, pentethe property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontalpositionnementthe spatial property of the way in which something is placedoptiquethe spatial property of the position from which something is observedunité linguistiqueone of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzedarticlea distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a listle droit de propriététhe legal right of ownershippossession, propriétésomething owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someoneéchangea possession whose ownership changes or lapsesespacespace for movementrelation personnellea relation between personscoordonnées, fonction mathématique(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)basea relation that provides the foundation for somethingliena connection based on kinship or marriage or common interestliaisonan associative relationrapportthe relation of something to the matter at handlien grammaticala linguistic relation established by grammardétaila small part that can be considered separately from the wholemodule, unitéan individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a wholemembreanything that belongs to a set or classaffabilité, amabilité, bienveillance, compassion, cordialitéa relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the otheraffinité(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural partsaffinité, parenté par alliance(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationshiporiginethe kinship relation of an offspring to the parentspaternitéthe kinship relation between an offspring and the fathermaternitéthe kinship relation between an offspring and the motherfraternitéthe kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblingsdirectionthe spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or movesposition angulairerelation by which any position with respect to any other position is establishedrelation professionnellethe relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified sourcemutualitéa reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)mutualitéa reciprocality of sentimentsantipodedirect oppositecontrastethe opposition or dissimilarity of things that are comparedpolaritéhaving an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)vitessea magnitude or frequency relative to a time unittype of:abstractiona general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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