relational
Grammar. serving to indicate relations between various elements in a sentence, as prepositions, conjunctions, etc.: Compare notional (def. 6).
Origin of relational
1Other words from relational
- non·re·la·tion·al, adjective
- un·re·la·tion·al, adjective
Words Nearby relational
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How to use relational in a sentence
Stronger relationsThe changes mark a significant milestone in Medium’s move toward what Williams described as “relational media” in 2020.
Exclusive: Medium will begin offering writers a 50% cut of the subscriber revenue their content generates | Max Willens | August 11, 2021 | DigidayInstead, Rovelli argues we should adopt a “relational” worldview.
Is Reality a Game of Quantum Mirrors? A New Theory Suggests It Might Be | Peter Evans | June 30, 2021 | Singularity HubIf so, this could be an opening for a move in the exact opposite direction, toward a more relational culture.
The power of data is relational and cumulative, it is the product of many participants and users who are often unwitting in their contribution to “data labor,” and are often not compensated fairly for it.
Data fairness: A new social contract for the 21st century economy | MIT Technology Review Insights | May 26, 2021 | MIT Technology Review“The organizational structure of FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service underwent a major reorganization in 2017, potentially further complicating the already complex relational dynamics,” auditors wrote.
FAA still needs to strengthen Boeing oversight after Max crashes, inspector general says | Ian Duncan, Michael Laris | February 24, 2021 | Washington Post
Just like anyone else, black women are multi-layered, complex, different, and most importantly, they are not relational.
Lifetime’s ‘Girlfriend Intervention’: The Fairy Black Mothers TV Doesn’t Need | Phoebe Robinson | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, they express identical relational concepts in an identical manner.
Language | Edward SapirFinally, I can radically disturb the relational cut of the sentence by changing the order of its elements.
Language | Edward SapirStatement as such and personal reference may well be looked upon as inherently relational concepts.
Language | Edward SapirOf the four concepts inextricably interwoven in the -s suffix, all are felt as relational, two necessarily so.
Language | Edward SapirWe are thus once more reminded of the distinction between essential or unavoidable relational concepts and the dispensable type.
Language | Edward Sapir
British Dictionary definitions for relational
/ (rɪˈleɪʃənəl) /
grammar indicating or expressing syntactic relation, as for example the case endings in Latin
having relation or being related
computing based on data stored in a tabular form: a relational database
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