relative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rel'ətiv
ipa: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɾɛ~ɪˈleʈɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɾɪləˈʈɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɾɛləʈɪv/
Forms: form: rel.
Etymology: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).
Senses: examples: text: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport
text: what is evidently clear is the nature and quality of rational thought exhibited by both types of minds. It can be stated that Kafka’s autistic mind is not susceptible to delusional concepts which might be presented as religious dogma by society or experienced by the self. For the neurotypical mind these concepts and experiences of existential doubt are harder to shake off since it appears that the neurotypical configuration of the self is an internal cognitive mechanism without an adequate external reality check. In contrast this external reality check appears to be present in the high-functioning autistic mind. It is thought that the autistic mind is more intimately connected with objective reality via its external sensory focus on reality and its superior understanding of physical causality, relative to neurotypical persons (Baron-Cohen et al. 1999; Paganini and Gaido 2013) and is therefore less susceptible to supernatural experiences or explanations.
ref: 2018 November 12, Jerry Stuger, “Autism and Religious Beliefs: Clues from Kafka Research”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 49, →DOI, pages 1559–1569:
glosses: Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
examples: text: The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: path; or similar; path; or similar
glosses: Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
raw_tags: of a URL
examples: text: The words “big” and “small” are relative.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
examples: text: relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
text: The Spirit that I haue ſeene
May be the Diuell, and the Diuel hath power
T'aſſume a pleaſing ſhape, yea and perhaps
Out of my Weakneſſe, and my Melancholly,
As he is very potent with ſuch Spirits,
Abuſes me to damne me. Ile haue grounds
More Relatiue then this: The play's the thing,
Wherein Ile catch the Conſcience of the King.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 264, column 2:
glosses: Relevant; pertinent; related.
glosses: Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Synonyms: comparative
conditional
limited
Derived terms: word: aliorelative
word: blood relative
word: ethnorelative
word: first-degree relative
word: it's all relative
word: linear relative
alt: or nonrelative
word: non-relative
word: oreille relative
word: relative address
word: relative adjective
word: relative adverb
word: relative atomic mass
word: relative bearing
word: relative bearing grease
word: relative clause
word: relative complement
word: r. pseudo-comp.
word: relative dating
word: relative density
word: relative error
word: relative frequency
word: relative humidity
word: relative-in-law
word: relative key
word: relatively
word: relative majority
word: relativeness
word: relative permittivity
word: relative pin
word: relative pitch
word: relative pressure
word: relative pronoun
word: relative skewer
word: relative superlative
word: relative tense
word: relative topology
word: second-degree relative
word: storm-relative helicity
word: third-degree relative
word: unrelative
Related terms: word: correlative
word: irrelative
word: refer
word: relate
word: relation
word: -al
word: -ship
word: relativism
word: relativist
word: relativistic
word: relativity
alt: or relativisation
word: relativization
alt: or relativise
word: relativize