relational

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re·la·tion·al | \ ri-ˈlā-shnəl

, -shə-nᵊl \

Definition of relational

1 : of or relating to kinship

2 : characterized or constituted by relations

3 : having the function chiefly of indicating a relation of syntax has is notional in he has luck, relational in he has gone

4 : relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database so that it is perceived by the user as a set of tables

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Recent Examples on the Web Being in debt is a spiritual, emotional, financial and relational anvil, tied around the ankle and weighing a person down. — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Sibling relationship affected by loan request," 17 Jan. 2021 Being in debt is a spiritual, emotional, financial and relational anvil, tied around the ankle and weighing a person down. — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, "Ask Amy: She denied brother’s request for loan; now she never hears from him," 17 Jan. 2021 Their relational alternatives — what therapists would normally recommend to help stave off those impulses — are severely limited while observing pandemic safety measures like social distancing. — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, "Pandemic fueling a sharp rise in eating disorders, Bay Area experts say," 19 Jan. 2021 Being in debt is a spiritual, emotional, financial and relational anvil, attached to the ankle and weighing a person down. — Washington Post, "Ask Amy: Sibling relationship becomes strained after loan request," 17 Jan. 2021 Being in debt is a spiritual, emotional, financial and relational anvil, tied around the ankle and weighing a person down. — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, "Ask Amy: She denied brother’s request for loan; now she never hears from him," 17 Jan. 2021 Being in debt is a spiritual, emotional, financial and relational anvil, tied around the ankle and weighing a person down. — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, "Ask Amy: Sibling relationship affected by loan request," 15 Jan. 2021 Quinn is 21 years younger but cut out of the same, relational cloth. — David Moore, Dallas News, "Hiring Dan Quinn isn’t solely scheme-based. It’s about recapturing Cowboys’ edge shown under Rod Marinelli," 12 Jan. 2021 The sophisticated grassroots efforts that drove record numbers of AAPI voters to the polls in November, such as in-language phone-banking and relational organizing, started maturing only over the past few election cycles. — NBC News, "How Georgia's 1st Vietnamese American state rep is continuing Stacey Abrams' fight," 30 Dec. 2020

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