relationales

Relationales is a neologistic plural noun used in some theoretical discussions to refer to elements that encode relational meaning across domains. It is not a standard term in established disciplines, and its precise scope varies by author.

In linguistics, relationales would cover items that mark the relationship between entities, such as prepositions, case markers, relational nouns, and certain adjectives. They help indicate roles like agent, patient, possessor, or thematic relations, and may express spatial, temporal, or directional connections.

In logic and philosophy, a related use imagines relationales as relation-valued operators or predicates that connect multiple arguments. The idea is to capture how objects participate in a relation rather than focusing solely on the objects themselves.

In computer science and information systems, the term could be used to describe relational expressions that define conditions linking data across tables, such as join predicates. It would encompass how data elements relate within a relational model and influence query results or data integrity.

Because relationales are not standardized, readers should rely on contextual definitions in any source. The term can be ambiguous and should not be assumed to have a fixed meaning across fields. As a result, discussions of relationales typically require specification of the domain, the intended relation type, and the formal or informal rules governing their use.