"competing relationship" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing two or more things or groups that are in opposition to each other or are vying for the same goal or outcome. Example: The two political parties had a competing relationship, each trying to gain control of the government and implement their own policies.
For the first time, the competing relationship between durability and kinematics was confirmed and quantified using optimization methods.
It is hypothesized, however, that there exists a competing relationship between these two performance measures, such that improvement of one requires sacrifice with respect to the other.
Using data from Yahoo! Answers and Naver Knowledge-iN, the authors found that the number of askers helped by a user influences the quality of his/her answers and that heavy users have competing relationship among co-answerers.
Thermal expansion behavior of as-rolled alloys resulted from a competing relationship between the contribution of lattice distortion of nano-domain structure and the contribution of lattice vibration of the β phase.
where, I (m, n) is the pixel gray value after the inhibition process; αi,j is the lateral inhibition coefficient for the position (i, j) in the network; f is a function indicating the inhibition competing relationship between input and output; R0 (m, n) is the lateral inhibition coefficient for position (m, n) in the network.
There's also tension over Long's potentially competing relationship with the president, according to the Post.
Some argue that casual extra-marital sex need not create competing relationships or trigger jealousy (Halwani 2003, 235; Wasserstrom 1974).
An integrated management strategy that considers the competing relationships between land values and associated risks in the process of land-use conversion is needed to assess and manage the reutilization of brownfields.
From the sandbox to the locker room to the high school dance to the conference room, we are conditioned to compete: relationships, we learn, are zero sum games to be won.
Using predicted microRNA targets from miRanda, TargetScan and PITA software, they predicted microRNA targets on both mRNAs and lincRNAs; The mRNAs and lincRNAs that had statistically significant target sites for a particular microRNA were proposed to have a "competing endogenous" relationship.
Authors are also asked to make a general statement about the actual or potential competing financial relationships in the Acknowledgments section of their paper.
