Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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relativity | Yes | No | No | No |
relative | Yes | Yes | No | No |
relativity (noun) | relative (noun) |
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the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else | an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) |
(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts | a person related by blood or marriage |
relativity (adjective) | relative (adjective) |
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estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | |
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' |