relational

CEFRC1

/riˈleɪʃənəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Connected with relationships between people or things.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Friendly and peaceful.

Examples

  • The way our relational memory works is very interesting.

  • PostgreSQL is a popular relational database.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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

  2. Relating to relations.

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

More examples

In context

  • essays on relational rights

  • relational art

  • 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.

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

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