relational

adj

Etymology

From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.

  1. derived from relātiō
  2. derived from relacion
  3. derived from relacioun
  4. inherited from relacion
  5. suffixed as relational — “relation + al

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Friendly and peaceful.

  3. Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an…

      Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.

      • relational art
    2. Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to…

      Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for relational. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA