Relative

rel′a-tiv, adj. having relation: respecting: not absolute or existing by itself: considered as belonging to something else: ( gram. ) expre ing relation.— n. that which has relation to something else: a relation: ( gram. ) a pronoun which relates to something before, called its antecedent.— adj. Relatī′val (or Rel′atival ).— adv. Rel′atively .— ns. Rel′ativene , Relativ′ity .— Relativity of human knowledge , the doctrine that the nature and extent of our knowledge is determined not merely by the qualities of the objects known, but nece arily by the conditions of our cognitive powers.