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re⋅la⋅tion⋅al

  [ri-ley-shuh-nl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to relations.
2. indicating or specifying some relation.
3. Grammar. serving to indicate relations between various elements in a sentence, as prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Compare notional (def. 6).
Origin:
1655–65; relation + -al 1
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re·la·tion·al   (rĭ-lā'shə-nəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or arising from kinship.

  2. Indicating or constituting relation.

  3. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a word or particle, such as a conjunction or preposition, that expresses a syntactic relation between elements in a phrase or sentence.

re·la'tion·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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