relative adj

1 not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" [ant: absolute]

2 properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" [syn: proportional]

1 a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relation]

2 an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) [syn: congener, congenator]

English

Etymology

From Latin relativus, adjective form with suffix -ivus, from relatus, perfect passive participle of referre, literally carry again, from prefix re-, again + ferre, bear or carry, from PIE ??

Pronunciation

Preposition

relative

1. Relating to, being relevant towards.

Adjective

1. not absolute; connected to or depending on something else

Antonyms

• absolute

Translations

• Arabic: (nisbi)
• Chinese: 有关的 (yǒuguān de)
• Czech: vztažný (of pronoun)
• Danish: relativ
• Dutch: relatief
• Finnish: suhteellinen, relatiivinen (Suomi)
• French: relatif, relative
• German: verwandt
• Hungarian: relatív, viszonylagos
• Ido: relat-anta
• Italian: relativo
• Japanese: 関連した (かんれんした, kanren-shita), 相対的な (そうたいてきな, soutaitekina)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نسبی

• Latin: relativus , relativa , relativum
• Polish: relatywny , relatywna , relatywne
• Spanish: relativo, relativa
• Swedish: relativ

Noun

1. someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption
2. refer to relativity for a scientific definition

Translations

Related terms

• relate
• relation
• relationship
• relativism
• relativity

See also

• aunt
• brother
• cousin
• father
• godparent
• grandchild
• granddaughter
• grandson
• great-grandchild
• great-grandparent
• in-law
• mother
• niece
• nephew
• parent
• refer
• referral
• sister
• stepdaughter
• stepson
• uncle

Italian

Adjective

relative p

1. feminine of relativo

Relative can refer to:

• Kinship, the principle binding the most basic social units society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be relatives

Physics

• Relativity as a concept in physics (for example Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity)
• Relative angular momentum, astronomy
• Relative density
• Relativity drive, propulsion
• Relative humidity, meteorology/physics
• Relative decibel, acoustics
• Relative effectiveness factor, demolitions
• Relative intensity noise, optics
• Relative motion, kinematics
• Relative permeability, fluid dynamics
• Relative pressure
• Relative thermal resistance
• Relative velocity
• Relative viscosity
• Relative wind, aeronautics

Mathematics

• Relatively complemented lattice, lattice theory
• Relative risk, statistics and epidemiology
• Relative standard deviation, statistics
• Grothendieck's relative point of view, category/scheme theory

Topology

• Relatively compact subspace
• Relative homology
• Relative interior

Philosophy

• Knowledge relativity, relativity as a philosophical concept, opposed to absolute
• Relativism

Economics/Finance

• Relative deprivation, socioeconomics
• Relative price
• Relative return
• Relative strength index
• Relative valuation
• Relative value

Music

• Relative key
• Relative pitch

Popular culture

Film and television

• Relatively Speaking (play), 1965 British play
• Relatively Speaking, late 1980s television game show
• Everything's Relative, 2000 Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters episode
• Relative Values, 2000 film
• It's All Relative, 2003-4 comedy television series

Literature

• The Relativity of Wrong, 1988 Isaac Asimov essay
• Relative Heroes, 2000 DC comic book series
• Time and Relative, 2001 Doctor Who book
• Relative Dementias, 2002 Doctor Who book series

Music

• Relative Degree, late 1990s rock band of Linkin Park members
• Friends & Relatives, 1999 compilation album
• Dead Relatives, 2000 music album by Canadian Emm Gryner
• Relative Ways, 2001 music album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Relative Theory Records, 2003 record store in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Other

• Positive relative accommodation, ophthamalogy
• Relative bearing indicator, aviation
• Relative addressing, computer science
• Relative dating, archaeology, geology
• Relative direction, orientation
• Relative gain (international relations)
• Relative location, geography
• Luminance (relative)
• Relative survival, epidemiology

See also

• Rel
• Relativity

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