different between relative vs sidereal
relative
English
Alternative forms
- rel. (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin rel?t?vus, from Latin rel?tus, perfect passive participle of refer? (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + fer? (“to bear or carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l.?.t?v/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): (flapped) [???l.?.??v], (enunciated) [???l.?.t??v]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): (flapped) [???l.?.??v], (enunciated) [???l.?.t??v]
- Rhymes: -?l?t?v
Adjective
relative (not comparable)
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
- For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
- (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- The words “big” and “small” are relative.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Relevant; pertinent; related.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Synonyms
- comparative
- conditional
- limited
Antonyms
- absolute
- unlimited
Derived terms
- relative to
Related terms
Translations
Noun
relative (plural relatives)
- Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:relative
Related terms
Translations
See also
Notes
Anagrams
- levirate
Danish
Adjective
relative
- inflection of relativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Esperanto
Etymology
From relativa +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rela?tive/
- Hyphenation: re?la?ti?ve
- Rhymes: -ive
Adverb
relative
- relatively
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.la.tiv/
Adjective
relative
- feminine singular of relatif
Anagrams
- lèverait, lévitera, relevait, révélait
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
relative
- inflection of relativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
relative
- feminine plural of relativo
Anagrams
- evitarle, levitare, leviterà, rilevate, rivalete, rivelate, vietarle
Latin
Etymology 1
From rel?t?vus +? -?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.la??ti?.u?e?/, [r???ä??t?i?u?e?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.la?ti.ve/, [r?l??t?i?v?]
Adverb
rel?t?v? (not comparable)
- (Late Latin) relatively
References
- r?l?t?v? in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- relative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- r?l?t?v? in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,335/2
Etymology 2
A regularly declined form of rel?t?vus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.la??ti?.u?e/, [r???ä??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.la?ti.ve/, [r?l??t?i?v?]
Adjective
rel?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of rel?t?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
relative
- inflection of relativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
relative
- inflection of relativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
relative
- absolute definite natural masculine form of relativ.
relative From the web:
- what relative dating
- what relative humidity
- what relative means
- what relative pronoun
- what relative frequency
- what relative humidity should a house be
- what relative clause
- what relatives can you marry
sidereal
English
Alternative forms
- sideral
Etymology
From Latin s?dereus, from s?dus (“star”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sa??d???.i.?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /sa??d??.i.l?/
- or
Adjective
sidereal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the stars.
- 1919, Hector Macpherson, S.Chapman (series editor), Men of Science: Herschel, Chapter V,
- The field of sidereal astronomy, therefore, was virtually untrodden when, shortly after the beginning of his telescopic work, Herschel began his first review of the heavens.
- 1919, Hector Macpherson, S.Chapman (series editor), Men of Science: Herschel, Chapter V,
- (astronomy) Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars.
- 1903, Percival Lowell, The Solar System, Chapter I,
- Then, from a sufficient number of observations of synodic periods to give their mean, we obtain the sidereal period, or period with reference to the stars.
- 1903, Percival Lowell, The Solar System, Chapter I,
- (astronomy) Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- realised, resailed, serialed
sidereal From the web:
- what sidereal sign am i
- what's sidereal astrology
- sidereal meaning
- what sidereal period
- what sidereal day mean
- what is sidereal month
- what does sidereal chart mean
- what does sidereal zodiac mean
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