relative congener congenator congeneric | an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) |
remote control remote | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance, he lost the remote for his TV |
remote terminal link-attached terminal remote station link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
relative density | the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard |
relative clause | a clause introduced by a relative pronoun, `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill' |
relative pronoun | a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent |
in-law relative-in-law | a relative by marriage |
relative relation | a person related by blood or marriage, police are searching for relatives of the deceased, he has distant relations back in New Jersey |
blood relation blood relative cognate sib | one related by blood or origin, especially on sharing an ancestor with another |
distributed data processing remote-access data processing teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose |
plurality relative majority | (in an election with more than options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) |
frequency relative frequency | the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations |
relative humidity | the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percentage |
incidence relative incidence | the relative frequency of occurrence of something |
relative comparative | estimated by comparison, not absolute or complete, a relative stranger |
outback(a) remote | inaccessible and sparsely populated, |
distant remote | located far away spatially, distant lands, remote stars |
distant remote removed | separate or apart in time, distant events, the remote past or future |
distant remote | far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship , a distant cousin, a remote relative, a distant likeness, considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics |
proportional relative | properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics, usually followed by `to', the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime, earnings relative to production |
outside remote | very unlikely, an outside chance, a remote possibility, a remote contingency |
unmanned remote-controlled | lacking a crew, an unmanned satellite to Mars |