noun
a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes
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in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables
• Hypernyms: ↑electronic database, ↑on-line database, ↑computer database, ↑electronic information service
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, ↑MEDLARS
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a ↑database that recognizes relationships between different pieces of information
Useful english dictionary. 2012.