unspecified meaning
- Virtually all major galleries employed red service lighting at night—strategically placed, low-level, noninvasive lights that enabled staff members to navigate hallways and yet kept the paintings in relative darkness to slow the fading effects of overexposure to light.
- More than eighty gospels were considered for the New Testament, and yet only a relative few were chosen for inclusion—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John among them.
- … honorable knight, Sir Isaac Newton… … in London in 1727 and… … his tomb in Westminster Abbey… … Alexander Pope, friend and colleague… "I guess ’modern’ is a relative term," Sophie called to Gettum.
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as in: the relative importance Define
compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)
as in: they are relatives
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connected in various senses such as:
as in: questions relative to the topic
Define- a person related by blood or marriage
- a plant or animal related by origin or grouping
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