relaativinen
Relaativinen is a Finnish adjective that has occasionally appeared as a nonstandard or historical variant of the more common relatiivinen. The meaning is essentially relational or relative, describing properties that depend on a reference point, frame of reference, or context. In modern Finnish, the standard form is relatiivinen, and relaativinen is not widely used in contemporary technical writing.
Etymology and usage notes: The word is built from the stem relaati- meaning relation, plus the common
Contexts and examples: In science and philosophy, discussions of relative properties or reference-frame-dependent phenomena typically employ
See also: relatiivinen, relaation (relation), relatiivinen lause. Note that modern Finnish preference is to use relatiivinen