relational en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
Meanings
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Relating to relations.
essays on relational rights
Of these three great groups of feelings the first are extremely unrelational; the second are somewhat more relational; and the third are relational in a comparatively high degree.
1873, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, page 250:
- Friendly and peaceful.
- Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
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Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.
relational art
- Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more relational | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most relational | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
relational adjective · relational grammar · relational community · relational antonym · relationalism · relationality · sociorelational · interrelational · relational operator · relational model · relational database · nonrelational · relationally · multirelational · relationalness · relational attribute · pseudorelational · metarelational
Translations (16)
pt relacional (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · tr ilişkisel (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · de relational (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · hu relációs (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · pl relacyjny (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · de relational (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · es relacional (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · pl relacyjny (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · ru реляцио́нный (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · ru ро́дственный (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · it relazionale (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · fr relationnel (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · pl pokrewny (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · bg роднински (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected) · cs relační (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database) · el σχεσιακός (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database)