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relative
Adjective
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Compared to something else.
I feel good relative to yesterday.
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If something is relative it could be the way it is in different amounts.
We use a relative measure for sound.
Hot is relative, hot to you might be cold to me.
relative
Noun
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Someone you are related to, a member of your family.
My relatives came to visit last night.
coil
Noun
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A coil is a long object in circular piles "wound continuously round one point" (Oxford Illustrated Dictionary).
s are usually stored as coils.
coil
Verb
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If you coil something, you wind it cylindrically or spirally around a common center.
The machine coils the wire at a very high speed.