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
Philosophy
- Knowledge relativity, relativity as a philosophical concept, opposed to absolute
- Relativism
Economics/Finance
Music
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