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      relation
      noun
      The manner in which two things may be associated.
      (chiefly in the plural) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
      A member of one's extended family; a relative.
      (often collocated: sexual relation, often in the plural) The act of intercourse.
      The act of relating a story.
      (databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
      (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
      (set theory) A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
      (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
      (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backfero-lat · Latin · carry, bear
      Synonyms for relation
      relativeadjrelationshipnconnectionnintercoursenkinshipncognationncorrelationnrelevancendealingsnconcerningvconsanguinitynliaisonninvolvementnkinswomann
      Words related to relation
      corelationnrelatednessninterrelationninterrelationshipnrelatingvaffinaladjaffinedadjlinkagenisologousadjrapportnrelatesvinterrelatednessnconsanguineadjconnectednessnrelatedadjinterrelatevmetempiricsrelativenessncognatenessnconsanguineousadjenatenregardnagnaticadjsibnaffinitiveadjirrelativeadj

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