Relational may refer to:

Business

Relational capital Relational capital is one of the three primary components of intellectual capital, and is the value inherent in a company's relationships with its customers, vendors, and other important constituencies. It also includes knowledge, capabilities, pr ...

, the value inherent in a company's relationships with its customers, vendors, and other important constituencies *

Relational contract Relational may refer to: Business * Relational capital, the value inherent in a company's relationships with its customers, vendors, and other important constituencies * Relational contract, a contract whose effect is based upon a relationship o ...

, a contract whose effect is based upon a relationship of trust between the parties * Relational goods, goods that cannot be enjoyed alone *

Relational Investors {{Infobox company , name = Relational Investors LLC , type = Private , foundation = 1996 , location = San Diego California , founder = Ralph V. Whitworth, Co-Founder David H. Batchelder, Co-Founder , industry = Financial services , product ...

, an activist investment fund based in San Diego, California

Computing

Relational calculus The relational calculus consists of two calculi, the tuple relational calculus and the domain relational calculus, that are part of the relational model for databases and provide a declarative way to specify database queries. The raison d'être ...

, part of the relational model for databases that provides a declarative way to specify database queries *

Relational database A relational database is a (most commonly digital) database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relati ...

, a database that has a collection of tables of data items, all of which is formally described and organized according to the relational model ** Relational classification, the procedure of performing classification in relational databases **

Relational data mining Relational data mining is the data mining technique for relational databases.Dzeroski, Saso, Lavrač, Nada (Eds.), Relational Data Mining, Springer 200/ref> Unlike traditional data mining algorithms, which look for patterns in a single table ( prop ...

, the data mining technique for relational databases * Relational concept, a set of mathematically defined tuples in

tuple relational calculus Tuple calculus is a calculus that was created and introduced by Edgar F. Codd as part of the relational model, in order to provide a declarative database-query language for data manipulation in this data model. It formed the inspiration for the d ...

Relational model The relational model (RM) is an approach to managing data using a structure and language consistent with first-order predicate logic, first described in 1969 by English computer scientist Edgar F. Codd, where all data is represented in terms of t ...

, a database model based on first-order predicate logic *

Relational operator In computer science, a relational operator is a programming language construct or operator that tests or defines some kind of relation between two entities. These include numerical equality (''e.g.'', ) and inequalities (''e.g.'', ). In pr ...

, a programming language construct or operator that tests or defines some kind of relation between two entities

Linguistics

Relational grammar In linguistics, relational grammar (RG) is a syntactic theory which argues that primitive grammatical relations provide the ideal means to state syntactic rules in universal terms. Relational grammar began as an alternative to transformational gra ...

, a syntactic theory which argues that primitive grammatical relations provide the ideal means to state syntactic rules in universal terms *

Relational noun Relational nouns or relator nouns are a class of words used in many languages. They are characterized as functioning syntactically as nouns, although they convey the meaning for which other languages use adpositions (i.e. prepositions and postposi ...

, a class of words used in many languages *

Relational oppositeness In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as ''parent/child'' or ''borrow/lend''. The relationship between such words is called a converse relation. Converses ...

, the relationship between two words which seem to be opposites but actually imply each other

Mathematics

Relational algebra In database theory, relational algebra is a theory that uses algebraic structures with a well-founded semantics for modeling data, and defining queries on it. The theory was introduced by Edgar F. Codd. The main application of relational algebr ...

, an offshoot of first-order logic and of algebra of sets concerned with operations over finitary relations *

Relation (mathematics) In mathematics, a relation on a set may, or may not, hold between two given set members. For example, ''"is less than"'' is a relation on the set of natural numbers; it holds e.g. between 1 and 3 (denoted as 1 is an asymmetric relation, but � ...

such as binary relation, a collection of ordered pairs of elements of a set

Psychology

Relational aggression Relational aggression or alternative aggressionSimmons, Rachel (2002). ''Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls''. New York, New York: Mariner Books. pp. 8–9. . Retrieved 2016-11-02. is a type of aggression in which harm is cause ...

or covert bullying, a type of aggression in which harm is caused through damage to one's relationships or social status *

Relational disorder According to Michael First of the DSM-5 working committee the focus of a relational disorder, in contrast to other DSM-IV disorders, "is on the relationship rather than on any one individual in the relationship".Michael B. First, MD. A Research Ag ...

, a disorder affecting a relationship rather than an individual in the relationship *

Relational psychoanalysis Relational psychoanalysis is a school of psychoanalysis in the United States that emphasizes the role of real and imagined relationships with others in mental disorder and psychotherapy. 'Relational psychoanalysis is a relatively new and evolving ...

, a school of psychoanalysis in the United States that emphasizes the role of real and imagined relationships with others in mental disorder and psychotherapy

Other uses

Relational art Relational art or relational aesthetics is a mode or tendency in fine art practice originally observed and highlighted by French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud. Bourriaud defined the approach as "a set of artistic practices which take as their theor ...

, a mode or tendency in fine art practice originally observed and highlighted by French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud *

Relational dialectics Relational dialectics is an interpersonal communication theory about close personal ties and relationships that highlights the tensions, struggles and interplay between contrary tendencies. The theory, proposed respectively by Leslie Baxter and Ba ...

, a concept within communication theory *

Relational theory Relationalism is any theoretical position that gives importance to the relational nature of things. For relationalism, things exist and function only as relational entities. Relationalism may be contrasted with relationism, which tends to emphasize ...