See Also: relational(dictionary)
relational threshold(medicine)
relational database(encyclopedia)
Object-relational Database Technology(law)

relational (iou)



relational adjective & noun. M17.
[from RELATION + -AL1.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by relation; having the function of relating one thing to another. M17.
relational database Computing a database structured to store items of information in accordance with recognized relations between them. relational grammar a kind of generative grammar based on grammatical relations rather than syntactic structures. relational word Linguistics a word expressing relation between other words; a preposition; a conjunction.
b. noun. Linguistics. A relational word. M20.
relatio'nality noun M19.
relationally adverb M19.