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Meaning of relation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  relation
      n 1: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two
           entities or parts together
      2: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
         man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited
         until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: {sexual
         intercourse}, {intercourse}, {sex act}, {copulation},
         {coitus}, {coition}, {sexual congress}, {congress}, {sexual
         relation}, {relation}, {carnal knowledge}]
      3: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
         for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations
         back in New Jersey" [syn: {relative}, {relation}]
      4: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
         relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually
         became unbearable" [syn: {relation}, {telling}, {recounting}]
      5: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is
         deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his
         attorney argued for the relation back of the amended
         complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" [syn:
         {relation back}, {relation}]
      6: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons
         or groups; "international relations"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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