relation

n. narration, act of telling; kinsman, family member; connection, association; connection between two persons, relationship

Relation may refer to:Relation, a person to whom one is related, i.e. a family member (see also Kinship)Relation (mathematics), a generalization of arithmetic relations, such as "=" and "<", that occur in statements, such as "5 < 6" and "2 + 2 = 4". See also binary relation, triadic relation, relational algebra, theory of relations.In the relational model of databases, a set of tuples (also called rows), otherwise known as a table.Relation, in logic and philosophy, a property or predicate ranging over more than one argument. See also Logic of relatives, Relation of ideas, Relational theory, Relational philosophy.
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Noun
1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
(hypernym) abstraction
(hyponym) social relation
(derivation) relate, interrelate
2. 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
(synonym) sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, carnal knowledge
(hypernym) sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
(hyponym) defloration
(part-meronym) insemination
3. a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
(synonym) relative
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(member-holonym) kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
4. an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
(synonym) telling, recounting
(hypernym) narration, recital, yarn
(derivation) relate
5. (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 ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
(synonym) relation back
(hypernym) legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
(classification) law, jurisprudence
6. (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations"
(hypernym) dealings, traffic
(derivation) relate, interrelate
(classification) plural, plural form

n. relation, narration, report, detailed account of an occurrence or situation; connection, association, connection between two persons, relationship; link, junction

n. connection, relation; link, bearing