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Affected Relative Pair: Individuals related by blood, each of whom is affected with the same trait. Examples are affected sibling, cousin, and avuncular pairs.

Relative Strength: Movement of a stock price over the past year as compared to a market index (like the S&P 500). A value below 1.0 means the stock shows relative weakness in price movement (underperformed the . . . View Full Definition

Relative Standard Deviation: The relative standard deviation is a measure of precision, calculated by dividing the standard deviation for a series of measurements by the average measurement.

Relative Time: Type of geologic time (absolute time being the other) that places events in a sequence relative to each other.

Relative Value: The attractiveness measured in terms of risk, liquidity, and return of one instrument relative to another, or, for a given instrument, of one maturity relative to another.

Relative Value Scale (RVS): A method used by MCOs of determining provider reimbursement that assigns a weighted value to each medical procedure or service. To determine the amount the MCO will pay to the physician, the . . . View Full Definition

Relative Risk: Relative risk is a ratio of the probability of the event occurring in the exposed group versus non-exposed group.

Relative Purchasing Power Parity (RPPP): Idea that the rate of change in the price level of commodities in one country relative to the price level in another determines the rate of change of the exchange rate between the two countr . . . View Full Definition

Relative Major And Minor: The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key. For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.

Relative Mean Sea Level Change: A local change in mean sea level relative to a network of bench marks established in the most stable and permanent material available (bedrock, if possible) on the land adjacent to the tide . . . View Full Definition