| has gloss | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
relation |
| lexicalization | eng: relation |
| subclass of | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
abstraction, abstract entity |
| has subclass | (noun) the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
ownership |
| has subclass | (noun) the relation between causes and effects
causality |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
human relationship, relationship |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
function |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
association |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between propositions
logical relation |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)
mathematical relation |
| has subclass | (noun) the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"
foundation |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
connectedness, connexion, connection |
| has subclass | (noun) the lack of a connection between things
unconnectedness |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
linguistic relation |
| has subclass | (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
component part, portion, part, constituent, component |
| has subclass | (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"
affinity, kinship |
| has subclass | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
relationship, kinship, family relationship |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between magnitudes
quantitative relation, magnitude relation |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
control |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between different business enterprises
business relation |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
reciprocity, reciprocality |
| has subclass | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; "interrelationships of animal structure and function"
interrelatedness, interrelationship, interrelation |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation involving time
temporal relation |
| has subclass | (noun) relation based on similarities and differences
comparison |
| has subclass | (noun) the relation between opposed entities
oppositeness, opposition |
| has subclass | (noun) a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage"
change |
| has subclass | (noun) anything owned or possessed
possession |
| has subclass | (noun) a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
social relation |
| has subclass | (noun) 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"
position, spatial relation |