"relativize" meaning in Englisch

See relativize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: ˈrɛl.ə.təˌvaɪz, ˈrɛl.ə.tɪˌvaɪz Audio: En-us-relativize.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present relativize, he relativizes, she relativizes, it relativizes, simple past relativized, present participle relativizing, past participle relativized
Etymology: relativ(e) + -ize
  1. (etwas) relativ machen, als relativ betrachten Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-relativize-en-verb-1
  2. (ein Wort oder Teilsatz) durch einen Relativsatz näher bestimmen Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-relativize-en-verb-2
  3. relativ zu beliebigen Orakeln unverändert gelten; für beliebig hinzugefügte Orakel erhalten bleiben Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: de-relativize-en-verb-3 Topics: mathematics
  4. (einen Beweis) so machen, dass es relativ zu beliebigen Orakeln unverändert (noch) gilt Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-relativize-en-verb-4 Topics: mathematics
  5. (auf etwas) die Relativitätstheorie anwenden, (etwas) in Übereinstimmung mit der Relativitätstheorie bringen Tags: physics, transitive
    Sense id: de-relativize-en-verb-5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: relativizer, relativization Translations: relativieren (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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