Example sentences for: relative

How can you use “relative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Each matrix presents cream skimmer unit or per piece costs based on frequency of delivery and relative efficiency of the cream skimmer.

  • As an example, we assign a relative risk of 10 to the TNF-376A allele (this is the relative risk of the A allele compared to the G allele) and calculate the relative risks at all other SNPs in the TNF gene using the haplotype frequencies from The Gambia (Figure 5).

  • In summary, we have demonstrated that a major difference between NRP-152 and NRP-154 cells is that NRP-154 cells over-express the gene for STAT3, relative to NRP-152 cells, and untreated NRP-154 cells.

  • If anything, what really conveys those values of convenience and frugality is the company's name, and in that sense the ads take advantage of one of buy.com's real strengths ("strength" here being entirely a relative term).

  • “It may be that this coupling between larval krill and ice is actually underpinning the entire question of krill population dynamics,” says Gallager—in which case, understanding how the ice moves relative to the water currents and wind shear over the top will be critical.


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