relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
relation | (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups, international relations |
b sexual intercourse intercourse sex act copulation coitus coition sexual congress congress sexual relation relation carnal knowledge | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman, the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
position spatial relation | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated, the position of the hands on the clock, he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage |
relation back relation | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time, his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed |
relation telling recounting | an act of narration, he was the hero according to his own relation, his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable |
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 |
personal relation personal relationship | a relation between persons |
logical relation | a relation between propositions |
mathematical relation | a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality) |
grammatical relation | a linguistic relation established by grammar |
linguistic relation | a relation between linguistic forms or constituents |
anaphoric relation | the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent |
semantic relation | a relation between meanings |
holonymy whole to part relation | the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts |
meronymy part to whole relation | the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole |
affinity phylogenetic relation | (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts, in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans |
magnitude relation quantitative relation | a relation between magnitudes |
enantiomorphism mirror-image relation | the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another |
business relation | a relation between different business enterprises |
professional relation | the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source |
medical relation | the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient |
doctor-patient relation | the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient |
nurse-patient relation | the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
legal relation | a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client) |
fiduciary relation | the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter |
bank-depositor relation | the responsibility of a bank to act in the best interests of the depositors |
confidential adviser-advisee relation | the responsibility of a confidential adviser to act in the best interest of the advisee |
conservator-ward relation | the responsibility of a conservator to act in the best interests of the ward |
director-stockholder relation | the responsibility of corporate directors to act in the best interests of stockholders |
executor-heir relation | the responsibility of an executor (or administrator) of an estate to act in the best interests of the heir |
lawyerlient relation attorneylient relation | the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client |
partner relation | the responsibility of partners to act in one another's best interests |
receiverreditor relation | the responsibility of receiver or trustee in bankruptcy to act in the best interests of the creditor |
trustee-beneficiary relation | the responsibility of a trustee to act in the best interests of the beneficiary |
academic relation | a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct |
teacher-student relation | the academic relation between teachers and their students |
politics political relation | social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power, office politics is often counterproductive |
temporal relation | a relation involving time |
implication logical implication conditional relation | a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q', if p is true then q cannot be false |