Sentence examples for relative to something from inspiring English sources

This (occurrence of the 'sudden idea') happens whenever, from contemplating a mental object as absolute, one changes his point of view, and regards it as relative to something else.

In so far as it is regarded in itself, it is only an object of contemplation, or a presentation; but when considered as relative to something else, e.g. as its likeness, it is also a mnemonic token.

These differences are revealed even in tests of perceptual and visual skills: Westerners score higher on the ability to remember the absolute size of an object; Easterners do better with recalling its dimensions relative to something else.

First, motion in the everyday sense — motion relative to something else — is not really real.

Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else.

To be bullish on the dollar is to believe that it will appreciate relative to something else like euros or pounds.

That whiteness of the berg, that iridescent purity, that opaque and semi-opaque glass-cathedral-like structure that soars out of its close but common relative to create something purely wondrous.

This year, the program actually reduced premiums, relative to 2011: something that almost never happens in government health-care programs.

Simplicius, in his commentary on Aristotle's Categories (Kalbfleisch 1907, 63.21 24) tells us that Xenocrates objected to Aristotle's list of ten categories as too long: he thought all that was needed was the distinction, visible in Plato, between things that are 'by virtue of themselves' and things that are 'relative to something' (see, e.g., Sophist 255c, and Dancy 1999).

The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) benefit of hearing aid directional microphones is dependent on the angle of the listener relative to the target, something that can change drastically and dynamically in a typical group conversation.

The new endorsement of liberalizing capital controls accompanies a related move, underway since June 2010, to allow the Chinese currency to rise in value relative to the dollar, something long-sought by the U.S. government and a sign that China has been shifting toward policies that put the value of its currency more in line with market fundamentals.