relational
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relational
Where it comes from
From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
adjective more relational · most relational
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Relating to relations.
essays on relational rights
Opposite: irrelational, unrelational
- Friendly and peaceful.
- Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
- Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space. relational art
- Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: relative, relationship, rational, interpersonal, irreducibly, connected, related, interactional, social, associative, interdependent, interrelated, comparative, correlative, corresponding, reciprocal
Translations
Every language
adj relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
| Español | relacional |
|---|---|
| Português | relacional |
| Français | relationnel |
| Deutsch | relational |
| Ελληνικά | σχεσιακός schesiakós |
| Русский | реляцио́нный reljaciónnyj |
adj concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
| Deutsch | relational |
|---|---|
| Italiano | relazionale |
| Русский | ро́дственный ródstvennyj |
Talk about this word "relational." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/relational. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. relational. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/relational "relational." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/relational.Cite this
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