relational

[ ri-ley-shuh-nl ]

/ rɪˈleɪ ʃə nl /

of or relating to relations.

indicating or specifying some relation.

Grammar. serving to indicate relations between various elements in a sentence, as prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Compare notional(def 6).

Origin of relational

First recorded in 1655–65; relation + -al¹

non·re·la·tion·al, adjective un·re·la·tion·al, adjective

Series and levels are relational structures that, sharply as they are contrasted, can be derived from a single root.

International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I |Various
I do not, of course, wish to imply that this view of relational knowledge is in all cases and in all respects illegitimate.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith
It is a relational term through which the objective unity of given representations is distinguished from the subjective.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith
Gender, indeed, is completely absent in Yana as a relational category.

Language |Edward Sapir

The other types of relational judgment are entirely ignored.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith

relational

/ (rɪˈleɪʃənəl) /

grammar indicating or expressing syntactic relation, as for example the case endings in Latin

having relation or being related

computing based on data stored in a tabular form a relational database