relational
adj.describing how two or more things are connected or how they affect each other.
adj.concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected. Often used in technical contexts to describe data structures or social interactions.
“The therapist focused on the couple's relational problems.”
“In database management, relational systems organize information into tables that are linked by shared keys.”
“The artist's work explores relational aesthetics, prioritizing the social interactions and human context that emerge during the exhibition over the physical art objects themselves.”
Typically used attributively before a noun; common in academic, psychological, and technical registers.
“While some staff saw fines as a necessary tool, many believed they damage trust and undermine the relational work needed to support pupils and families to re-engage with school.”
“As Isabelle Hau , the executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, writes, young students need to develop strong social skills, what she calls “ relational intelligence ” to flourish in social settings.”
From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.