"relational" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-relational.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more relational [comparative], most relational [superlative]
Etymology: From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relation|al}} relation + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} relational (comparative more relational, superlative most relational)
  1. Relating to relations.
    Sense id: en-relational-en-adj-pGrXJkev
  2. Friendly and peaceful.
    Sense id: en-relational-en-adj-niBPFCHR
  3. (databases) Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules. Categories (topical): Databases Translations (relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database): relační (Czech), relationnel (French), relational (German), σχεσιακός (schesiakós) (Greek), relációs (Hungarian), relacional (Portuguese), реляцио́нный (reljaciónnyj) (Russian), relacional (Spanish), ilişkisel (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-relational-en-adj-mkFPJ4Zn Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database': 1 2 74 12 11
  4. (art) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space. Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-relational-en-adj-RLgTgrGt Topics: art, arts
  5. (linguistics) Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-relational-en-adj-KEXO-RCM Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: relational adjective, relational antonym, relational community, relational database, relational model, relational operator Translations (concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected): роднински (rodninski) (Bulgarian), relazionale (Italian), ро́дственный (ródstvennyj) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected': 8 11 17 32 32

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