relational
English
Etymology
From relation + -al.
Pronunciation
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file) - Hyphenation: re‧la‧tio‧nal
Adjective
relational (comparative more relational, superlative most relational)
- Relating to relations.
- Antonyms: irrelational, unrelational
- essays on relational rights
- 1873, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology (volume 1, page 250)
- 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.
- Friendly and peaceful.
- (databases) Of a database technology using tables and the principles set forth by Dr. Edgar F. Codd. (Contrary to popular notion, "relation" in this context refers to tables, and not linkages.)
- (art, aesthetics) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.
- relational art
Translations
relative — see relative
concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
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relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
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German
Etymology
From Relation + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁelat͡sɪ̯oˈnaːl/
- Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧o‧nal
Audio (file)
Adjective
relational (strong nominative masculine singular relationaler, not comparable)
- relational
Declension
Positive forms of relational (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist relational | sie ist relational | es ist relational | sie sind relational | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | relationaler | relationale | relationales | relationale |
genitive | relationalen | relationaler | relationalen | relationaler | |
dative | relationalem | relationaler | relationalem | relationalen | |
accusative | relationalen | relationale | relationales | relationale | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der relationale | die relationale | das relationale | die relationalen |
genitive | des relationalen | der relationalen | des relationalen | der relationalen | |
dative | dem relationalen | der relationalen | dem relationalen | den relationalen | |
accusative | den relationalen | die relationale | das relationale | die relationalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein relationaler | eine relationale | ein relationales | (keine) relationalen |
genitive | eines relationalen | einer relationalen | eines relationalen | (keiner) relationalen | |
dative | einem relationalen | einer relationalen | einem relationalen | (keinen) relationalen | |
accusative | einen relationalen | eine relationale | ein relationales | (keine) relationalen |
Further reading
- “relational” in Duden online
- “relational” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache