Relative

Relative can refer to:

• Kinship, If two people are connected by birth, they are said to be relatives

Physics

• Relativity, an idea in physics (for example Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity)
• Relative angular momentum, astronomy
• Relative density
• Relativity drive, propulsion
• Relative humidity, meteorology/physics
• Relative decibel, acoustics
• Relative effectiveness factor, demolitions
• Relative intensity noise, optics
• Relative motion, kinematics
• Relative permeability, fluid dynamics
• Relative pressure
• Relative thermal resistance
• Relative velocity
• Relative viscosity
• Relative wind, aeronautics

Math

• Relatively complemented lattice, lattice theory
• Relative risk, statistics and epidemiology
• Relative standard deviation, statistics
• Grothendieck's relative point of view, category/scheme theory

Topology

• Relatively compact subspace
• Relative homology
• Relative interior

Philosophy

• Knowledge relativity, relativity as a philosophical concept, opposed to absolute
• Relativism

Economics/Finance

• Relative deprivation, socioeconomics
• Relative investment performance
• Relative price
• Relative strength index
• Relative valuation
• Relative value

Music

• Relative key
• Relative pitch

Popular culture

Film and television

• Relatively Speaking (play), 1965 British play
• Relatively Speaking, late 1980s television game show
• Everything's Relative, 2000 Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters episode
• Relative Values, 2000 film
• It's All Relative, 2003-4 comedy television series

Literature

• The Relativity of Wrong, 1988 Isaac Asimov essay
• Relative Heroes, 2000 DC comic book series
• Time and Relative, 2001 Doctor Who book
• Relative Dementias, 2002 Doctor Who book series

Music

• Relative Degree, late 1990s rock band of Linkin Park members
• Friends & Relatives, 1999 compilation album
• Dead Relatives, 2000 music album by Canadian Emm Gryner
• Relative Ways, 2001 music album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Relative Theory Records, 2003 record store in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Other

• Positive relative accommodation, ophthamalogy
• Relative bearing indicator, aviation
• Relative addressing, computer science
• Relative dating, archaeology, geology
• Relative direction, orientation
• Relative gain (international relations)
• Relative location, geography
• Luminance (relative)
• Relative survival, epidemiology

Related pages

• Relativity