relational

[ ri-ley-shuh-nl ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to relations.

  2. indicating or specifying some relation.

  1. Grammar. serving to indicate relations between various elements in a sentence, as prepositions, conjunctions, etc.: Compare notional (def. 6).

Origin of relational

1
First recorded in 1655–65; relation + -al1

Other words from relational

  • non·re·la·tion·al, adjective
  • un·re·la·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for relational

relational

/ (rɪˈleɪʃənəl) /


adjective
  1. grammar indicating or expressing syntactic relation, as for example the case endings in Latin

  2. having relation or being related

  1. computing based on data stored in a tabular form: a relational database

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