relation
/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ sustantivo B1En español: relación, pariente, relaciones sexuales
- The manner in which two things may be associated. · The relation between diet and health is complex.· There's no linear relation between mortality and size.
- A member of one's extended family; a relative. · Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
- A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact. · the foreign relations of the United States
- The act of relating a story. · Your relation of the events is different from mine.
- A set of ordered tuples.
- A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation. · Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
- A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database. · This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.
- A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
Plural relations
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A MAN committed a murder, and was pursued by the relations of the man whom he murdered.
The other six servants in the house bear no relation to the events of the night of January 6th.
The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, “Pray, master, permit me to live and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.” The Fowler replied, “I shall now with less scruple take your life, because you are willing to save it at the cost of betraying your friends and relations.”
Holmes and his relations with the police better than anyone else can.
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