adjective
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grammar indicating or expressing syntactic relation, as for example the case endings in Latin
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having relation or being related
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computing based on data stored in a tabular form
a relational database
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Etymology
Origin of relational
Example Sentences
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Chadwick had learned the activism ropes at Relational Investors, where he worked with longtime rabble-rousers Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, who themselves had worked with the corporate raider T. Boone Pickens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Relational database software may sound prosaic, but in fact it’s the central nervous system of any digital business, which now means every business—a hugely powerful tailwind for Oracle.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
The lesson of jeong is simple, but it is difficult to implement in our individualistic culture: Relational depth and breadth require some relinquishing of interpersonal boundaries.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
Relational mobility hurt societies like France and Brazil most in the early days of the pandemic when the coronavirus hijacked people’s flexible social networks.
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023
Describing the Relational and Differential Machines. 8vo. 7s.
From Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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