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• dealings, relations
  mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
• causality
  the relation between causes and effects
• relationship, human relationship
  a relation between people
• function
  a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
• partnership
  a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
• personal relation, personal relationship
  a relation between persons
• bonding
  a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
• obligation, indebtedness
  a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
• female bonding
  the formation of a close personal relationship between women
• male bonding
  the formation of a close personal relationship between men
• maternal-infant bonding
  the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth
• association
  a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
• logical relation
  a relation between propositions
• contradictory
  two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
• contrary
  a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
• mathematical relation
  a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)
• function, mapping, map, mathematical function, single-valued function
  (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
• expansion
  a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
• inverse function
  a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another
• Kronecker delta
  a function of two variables i and j that equals 1 when i=j and equals 0 otherwise
• metric, metric function
  a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
• transformation
  (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
• reflection
  (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
• rotation
  (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
• translation
  (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
• affine transformation
  (mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis
• isometry
  a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points
• operator
  (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
• linear operator
  an operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)
• identity, identity element, identity operator
  an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
• trigonometric function, circular function
  function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
• sin, sine
  ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• arc sine, arcsine, arcsin, inverse sine
  the inverse function of the sine
• cos, cosine
  ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• arc cosine, arccosine, arccos, inverse cosine
  the inverse function of the cosine
• tan, tangent
  ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
• arc tangent, arctangent, arctan, inverse tangent
  the inverse function of the tangent
• cotangent, cotan
  ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
• arc cotangent, arccotangent, inverse cotangent
  the inverse function of the cotangent
• secant, sec
  ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
• arc secant, arcsecant, arcsec, inverse secant
  the inverse function of the secant
• cosecant, cosec
  ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
• arc cosecant, arccosecant, inverse cosecant
  the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number
• threshold function
  a function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwise
• exponential, exponential function
  a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent
• exponential equation
  an equation involving exponential functions of a variable
• exponential curve
  a graph of an exponential function
• exponential expression
  a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power
• exponential series
  a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression
• parity
  (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity
• evenness
  the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)
• oddness
  the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)
• foundation
  the basis on which something is grounded
• ground, footing, basis
  a relation that provides the foundation for something
• common ground
  a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding
• grass roots
  the essential foundation or source
• connection, connexion, connectedness
  a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
• series
  (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
• alliance, bond
  a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
• silver cord
  the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring
• linkage
  an associative relation
• link, nexus
  the means of connection between things linked in series
• communication
  a connection allowing access between persons or places
• concatenation
  the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc
• bridge
  something resembling a bridge in form or function
• involvement
  a connection of inclusion or containment
• implication
  a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
• inclusion, comprehension
  the relation of comprising something
• unconnectedness
  the lack of a connection between things
• relevance, relevancy
  the relation of something to the matter at hand
• materiality
  relevance requiring careful consideration
• cogency
  persuasive relevance
• point
  a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
• germaneness
  pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
• applicability, pertinence, pertinency
  relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
• relatedness
  a particular manner of connectedness
• bearing
  relevant relation or interconnection
• irrelevance, irrelevancy
  the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
• inapplicability
  irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand
• immateriality
  complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
• unrelatedness
  the lack of any particular manner of connectedness
• extraneousness
  unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand
• grammatical relation
  a linguistic relation established by grammar
• linguistic relation
  a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
• agreement, concord
  the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
• number agreement
  agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
• person agreement
  agreement in person between pronouns and verbs
• case agreement
  agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction
• gender agreement
  agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction
• transitivity, transitiveness
  the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
• intransitivity, intransitiveness
  the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
• transitivity
  (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third
• reflexivity, reflexiveness
  (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself
• coreference
  the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
• reflexivity, reflexiveness
  the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
• conjunction
  the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
• coordinating conjunction
  the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status
• subordinating conjunction
  the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
• copulative conjunction
  the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings
• disjunctive conjunction
  the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings
• adversative conjunction
  the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
• complementation
  the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate
• coordination
  the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form
• subordination
  the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
• qualifying, modification, limiting
  the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
• restrictiveness
  a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
• apposition
  a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
• modality, mode, mood
  verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
• indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood
  a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
• subjunctive mood, subjunctive
  a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
• optative mood, optative
  a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope
• imperative, imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form
  a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
• interrogative, interrogative mood
  some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
• modality, mode
  a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
• anaphoric relation
  the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent
• voice
  (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
• active, active voice
  the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
• passive voice, passive
  the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
• inflection, inflexion
  a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
• conjugation
  the inflection of verbs
• declension
  the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
• paradigm
  systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
• pluralization, pluralisation
  the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
• aspect
  the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
• perfective, perfective aspect
  the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
• imperfective, imperfective aspect
  aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb
• durative, durative aspect
  the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration
• progressive aspect
  the aspect of a verb that expresses its on-going action
• inchoative, inchoative aspect
  aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
• iterative, iterative aspect
  the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action
• progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
  a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
• present progressive, present progressive tense
  a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
• perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
  a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
• present perfect, present perfect tense
  a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
• preterit, preterite
  a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
• past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense
  a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
• past progressive, past progressive tense
  a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
• future perfect, future perfect tense
  a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
• future progressive, future progressive tense
  a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future
• semantic relation
  a relation between meanings
• subordination, hyponymy
  the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
• hypernymy, superordination
  the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class
• synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness
  the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
• antonymy
  the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
• holonymy, whole to part relation
  the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
• meronymy, part to whole relation
  the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
• troponymy
  the semantic relation of being a manner of does something
• homonymy
  the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning
• part, portion, component, constituent, component part
  something determined in relation to something that includes it
• base, basis
  the most important or necessary part of something
• item, detail, particular
  a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
• highlight, high spot
  the most interesting or memorable part
• unit
  an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
• member
  anything that belongs to a set or class
• rest, balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum
  something left after other parts have been taken away
• remnant, leftover
  a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
• subpart
  a part of a part
• affinity, kinship
  a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
• resonance, rapport
  a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
• sympathy
  a relation of affinity or harmony between people
• mutual understanding, mutual affection
  sympathy of each person for the other
• affinity, phylogenetic relation
  (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
• relationship, kinship, family relationship
  (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
• descent, lineage, filiation, line of descent
  the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
• affinity
  (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption
• steprelationship
  a family relationship by virtue of remarriage
• consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation
  (anthropology) related by blood
• birth, parentage
  the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
• paternity, fatherhood
  the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
• maternity, motherhood
  the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
• sisterhood, sistership
  the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
• brotherhood
  the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
• bilateral descent
  line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
• unilateral descent
  line of descent traced through one side of the family
• enation, cognation, matrilineage
  line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
• patrilineage, agnation
  line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
• marital relationship, marital bed
  the relationship between wife and husband
• magnitude relation, quantitative relation
  a relation between magnitudes
• scale
  relative magnitude
• proportion, ratio
  the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
• proportion
  the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
• case-fatality proportion
  the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease
• case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio
  the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease
• content
  the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
• rate
  a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
• scale
  the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
• golden mean, golden section
  the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
• correspondence, commensurateness, proportionateness
  the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
• percentage, percent, per centum, pct
  a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
• absentee rate
  the percentage of workers who do not report to work
• batting average, hitting average
  (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance
• batting average
  (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds
• fielding average
  (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance
• occupancy rate
  the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time
• hospital occupancy
  occupancy rate for hospitals
• hotel occupancy
  occupancy rate for hotels
• vacancy rate
  the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time
• unemployment rate
  the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
• ratio
  the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
• abundance
  (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust