RELATION
, in Mathematics, is the habitude or respect of quantities of the same kind to each other, with regard to their magnitude; more usually called ratio.—And the equality, identity, or sameness of two such Relations, is called proportion.
Relation, Inharmonical, in Musical Composition, | is that whose extremes form a false or unnatural interval, incapable of being sung.—This is otherwise called a false Relation, and stands opposed to a just or true one.
RELATIVE Gravity, Levity, Motion, Necessity, Place, Space, Time, Velocity, &c. See the several substantives.
