relation, relacion, relacyon

[Fr. relation, from relater =to relate (q. v.); Sp. relacion; Ital. relazione.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of relating, narrating, or telling; recital, narration, account, rehearsal. "Ther made relacyon of that they had done."-Berners: Froi art; Cronycle, vol. ii., ch. xxxiii. 2. That which is related, narrated, or told; a narrative, an account. 3. Respect, reference, regard. (Generally in the phrase, in relation to .) "The intent and purpose of the law Hath full relation to the penalty." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 4. Connection perceived or imagined between things; the condition of being such or such in respect to something else. 5. Connection by kinship or consanguinity; relationship; tie by birth or marriage. IMG:content-0402.png:[blocks in formation] (1) The act of a relator, at whose instance an information is allowed to be filed. (2) When two different things or other things are accounted as one, and by some act done, the thing subsequent is said to take effect by relation from the time preceding. 3. Logic : One of the ten predicaments or accidents belonging to substance. 4. Math .: Ratio, proportion. Two quantities are said to be related to each other when they have anything in common, by means of which they may be compared with each other. Inharmonic relation : [INHARMONIC, ]. rě-lā-tion-al, a. [Eng. relation ; -al .] 1. Having relation or kindred; related. 2. Indicating a relation, as a relational part of speech, as contradistinguished from notional. The pronoun, preposition, and conjunction are relational parts of speech. IMG:content-0403.png:[blocks in formation]