suhteellinen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- comparative adjective Measured or judged by comparison rather than in absolute terms.
- proportional adj Corresponding in size or degree to something else, changing at a matching rate.
- proportionate adj In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- relative adjective Considered in comparison with something else, rather than in absolute terms.
Senses
suhteellinen is used for these senses in English:
- comparative Approximated by comparison; relative.
- gradable (linguistics, of a word or phrase) Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning.
- proportional Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
- proportionate In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- relative Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
comparative — full definition
- adjective Measured or judged by comparison rather than in absolute terms.
- noun The grammatical form of an adjective or adverb used to compare two things, such as "bigger" or "more quickly."
proportional — full definition
- adj Corresponding in size or degree to something else, changing at a matching rate.
- adj (of a typeface) Having letters of varying width rather than all the same width.