(prenominal) (of a scientific quantity) being measured or stated relative to some other substance or measurement: relative humidity, relative density (prenominal) comparative or respective: the relative qualities of speed and accuracy
Industry leaders realized hundreds of years ago that their processes and machines operate best when the indoor relative humidity is maintained at an optimum level for their process. They found it was ...
If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. Fitness is relative; one must always ask 'Fit for what?' Truth is relative.