Examples of “relation” in a Sentence

noun The way in which two or more things are connected or associated with each other.

• There is a clear relation between diet and energy levels.
• The report looks at the relation between rainfall and crop yields.
• Is there any relation between how much you sleep and how happy you feel?

noun A member of your extended family; a relative.

• Half the guests at the wedding were relations of the bride.
• She only sees that side of the family at funerals and relations' birthdays.
• My grandmother has relations in Scotland whom I have never met.

noun (mathematics) A set of ordered pairs or tuples linking elements of two or more sets.

• In this relation, each student number is paired with exactly one class code.
• A relation on the integers can be written out as a list of ordered pairs.
• The function is defined as a relation between the input and output sets.