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Definition of Related
1. Adjective. Being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics. "Related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
Similar to: Affiliated, Attached, Connected, Age-related, Bound Up, Cognate, Cognate, Connate, Coreferent, Correlate, Correlated, Correlative, Corresponding, Side By Side
Derivative terms: Relatedness
Antonyms: Unrelated
2. Adjective. Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
Similar to: Affinal, Affine, Agnate, Agnatic, Paternal, Akin, Blood-related, Cognate, Consanguine, Consanguineal, Consanguineous, Kin, Allied, Descendant, Descendent, Enate, Enatic, Maternal, Kindred
Derivative terms: Relatedness
Antonyms: Unrelated
Definition of Related
1. p. p. & a. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.
Definition of Related
1. Adjective. Standing in relation or connection. ¹
2. Adjective. Being a relative of. ¹
3. Adjective. Narrated; told. ¹
4. Adjective. (music) Same as the adjective relative. ¹
5. Adjective. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation. ¹
6. Adjective. (context: in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named ¹
7. Verb. (past of relate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Related
1. relate [v] - See also: relate
Medical Definition of Related
1. 1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree. 2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related. 3. Narrated; told. 4. Same as Relative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Related
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1. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation by Charles Darwin (1866)
"... of the species of the larger genera resemble varieties in being very closely,
but unequally, related to each other, and in having restricted ranges. ..."
2. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"Figure- In general, water quality problems result from five categories of
agriculturally related nonpoint source pollution: sediment, nutrients, ..."
3. Varronianus: A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of by John William Donaldson (1852)
"CHAPTER I. THE OLD ITALIAN TRIBES CONSIDERED AS related TO EACH OTHER. §.
Elements of the population of Kome ... The SABINES—how related to the Umbrians and ..."
4. The Elementary School Curriculum by Frederick Gordon Bonser (1920)
"THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM CHAPTER I THE CURRICULUM AS related TO THE AIMS
OF EDUCATION The Purpose and Content of the Curriculum. ..."
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