Definition of RELATIONAL

relational

Adjective Satellite

  • having a relation or being related

Adj

  • Relating to relations.
  • Friendly and peaceful.
  • Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
  • Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.
  • Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.

Examples

  • "essays on relational rights"
  • "relational art"

Origin / Etymology

From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.

Antonyms

irrelational, unrelational

Scrabble Score: 10

relational is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
relational is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
relational is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

relational is a valid Words With Friends word