relative
1. rel.a.tive \'rel-*t-iv\ n 1: a work referring grammatically to an
antecedent 2: a thing having a relation to or connection with or necessary
dependence upon another thing 3a: a person connected with another by blood
or affinity 3b: an animal or plant related to another by common descent
4: a relative term
2. relative aj 1: introducing a subordinate clause qualifying an expressed
or implied ant ecedent {~ pronoun}; also : introduced by such a connective
{~ clause} 2: RELEVANT, PERTINENT 3: not absolute or independent :
COMPARATIVE 4: having the same key signature - used of major and minor
keys and scal es 5: expressed as the ratio of the specified quantity to the
total magnitude or to the mean of all the quantities involved -
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