relative majority
— Noun
– English
~ (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
relative
— Noun
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~ an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
relative humidity
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a given temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage
relative pronoun
— Noun
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~ a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
relative incidence
— Noun
– English
~ the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative frequency
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative atomic mass
— Noun
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~ (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
relative density
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard
relative
— Adjective
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~ estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
relative
— Adjective
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~ 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"
relatively
— Adverb
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~ in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"
relativise
— Verb
– English
~ consider or treat as relative
relativism
— Noun
– English
~ (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved
relativistic mass
— Noun
– English
~ (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases
relativistic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism
relativistic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity; "relativistic quantum mechanics"; "relativistic increase in mass"; "radiation from relativistic particles"
relativistically
— Adverb
– English
~ by the theory of relativity; "this is relativistically impossible"