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re⋅la⋅tion

[ri-ley-shuh

–noun

1.	an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.

relations,

a.	the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.: foreign relations.

b.	the various connections in which persons are brought together: business and social relations.

c.	sexual intercourse.

3.	the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc.

4.	connection between persons by blood or marriage.

5.	a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative: his wife's relations.

6.	the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration.

7.	Law. a principle whereby effect is given to an act done at one time as if it had been done at a previous time.

Mathematics.

a.	a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality.

b.	a single- or multiple-valued function.

—Idiom

9.	in or with relation to, with reference to; concerning: It's best to plan with relation to anticipated changes in one's earnings.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME relacion < L relātiōn- (s. of relātiō). See relate, -ion

Related forms:

re⋅la⋅tion⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. relationship; tie, link. 2a, b. association. 4. relationship, kinship. 6. recitation, recital, description.

Antonyms:
1. independence.

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re·la·tion (rĭ-lā'shən)

A logical or natural association between two or more things; relevance of one to another; connection: the relation between smoking and heart disease.
The connection of people by blood or marriage; kinship.
A person connected to another by blood or marriage; a relative.
The way in which one person or thing is connected with another: the relation of parent to child.
relations
1. The mutual dealings or connections of persons, groups, or nations in social, business, or diplomatic matters: international relations.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. The act of telling or narrating.
4. A narrative; an account.
Reference; regard: in relation to your inquiry.
1. The act of telling or narrating.
2. A narrative; an account.
Law The principle whereby an act done at a later date is considered to have been done on a prior date.

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Relation

Re*la"tion\ (r?-l?"sh?n), n. [F. relation, L. relatio. See Relate.]

1. The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

??????oet's relation doth well figure them. --Bacon.

2. The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation. --I. Taylor.

3. Reference; respect; regard.

I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. --Dryden.

4. Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known. --Milton.

5. A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. --Ld. Lytton.

6. (Law) (a) 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. (b) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. --Wharton. Burrill.

Syn: Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative; tale; detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity; affinity; kinsman; kinswoman.

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Language Translation for : relation

Spanish: pariente,

German: die Verwandschaft,

Japanese: 親類

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relation

1390, from Anglo-Fr. relacioun, O.Fr. relacion (14c.), from L. relationem (nom. relatio) "a bringing back, restoring," from relatus (see relate). Meaning "person related by blood or marriage" first attested 1502. Relationship "sense of being related" is from 1744; meaning "an affair, a romantic or sexual relationship" is attested from 1944.

Main Entry: re·la·tion
Pronunciation: ri-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : an aspect or quality (as resemblance or causality) thatconnects two or more things or parts as being or belonging or working together, as being of the same kind, or as being logically connected relation between theuse of tobacco and lung cancer —Current Biography> relation of time and space>
2 : the attitude or stance which two or more persons or groupsassume toward one another relations>
3 a : the state of being mutually or reciprocally interested (as in social matters) b relations pl : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE relations had occurred —Newsweek> —re·la·tion·al /-&l/ adjective

relation re·la·tion (rĭ-lā'shən)
n.

A logical or natural association between two or more things; relevance of one to another; connection.
The connection of people by blood or marriage; kinship.
A person connected to another by blood or marriage; a relative.
The positional relationship of the teeth or other structures in the mouth.

relation
1. A subset of the product of two sets, R : A x B. If (a, b) is an element of R then we write a R b, meaning a is related to b by R. A relation may be: reflexive (a R a), symmetric (a R b => b R a), transitive (a R b & b R c => a R c), antisymmetric (a R b & b R a => a = b) or total (a R b or b R a).
See equivalence relation, partial ordering, pre-order, total ordering.
2. A table in a relational database.
(1995-02-28)

relation

see poor relation; relative (in relation) to.

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