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亲属,亲戚有关系的,相关的;相对的,比较的;成比例的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Relative \Rel"a*tive\, n.
   One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its
   relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one
   of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected
   by any relation. Specifically:
   (a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one
       allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
       ``Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives.''
       --Bp. Fell.
   (b) (Gram.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or
       represents, another word or phrase, called its
       antecedent; as, the relatives ``who'', ``which'',
       ``that''.

Relative \Rel"a*tive\ (r?l"?-t?v), a. [F. relatif, L. relativus.
   See {Relate}.]
   1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting;
      standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not
      relative to the subject.

            I'll have grounds More relative than this. --Shak.

   2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or
      reference to, something else; not absolute.

            Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative
            capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued
            with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part
            of the universe, and so stands in such a relations
            to the whole.                         --South.

   3. (Gram.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an
      antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

   4. (Mus.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys,
      which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones,
      admit of a natural transition from one to the other.
      --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

   {Relative clause} (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative
      pronoun.

   {Relative term}, a term which implies relation to, as
      guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf.
      {Correlative}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

relative
     adj 1: not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" [ant: {absolute}]
     2: properly related in size or degree or other measurable
        characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment
        oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings
        relative to production" [syn: {proportional}]

relative
     n 1: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
          for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant
          relations back in New Jersey" [syn: {relation}]
     2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
        related by common descent or by membership in the same
        genus) [syn: {congener}, {congenator}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

RELATIVE
     
        Early system on IBM 650.  Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).