relatum

/ rɪˈleɪtəm /

noun

1. logic one of the objects between which a relation is said to hold

Example Sentences

After all, what could it mean to talk about relations without relata?

From Scientific American

For scientific research the meanings, the relations with the relata, the assent and dissent, the combinations and the things combined are all in the world of experience.

From Project Gutenberg

"Father—son," "uncle—nephew," "slave—master," are relata in Aristotle's sense: "father," "uncle" are homogeneous counter-relatives, varieties of kinship; so "slave," "freeman" are counter-relatives in social status.

From Project Gutenberg

This view, however, is difficult to reconcile with the fact that we often know propositions in which the relation is the subject, or in which the relata are not definite given objects, but "anything."

From Project Gutenberg

On account of its hierarchical inferiority, matter is often presented as the second, or correlatum, and form as the first, or relatum.

From Project Gutenberg