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===Commentary Note 8.3===

===Commentary Note 8.3===

Speaking very strictly, we need to be careful to distinguish a "relation" from a "relative term".

Speaking very strictly, we need to be careful to distinguish a ''relation'' from a ''relative term''.

# The relation is an ''object'' of thought that may be regarded "in extension" as a set of ordered tuples that are known as its "elementary relations".

 

# The relative term is a ''sign'' that denotes certain objects, called its "relates", as these are determined in relation to certain other objects, called its "correlates".  Under most circumstances, one may also regard the relative term as denoting the corresponding relation.

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<p>The relation is an ''object'' of thought that may be regarded ''in extension'' as a set of ordered tuples that are known as its ''elementary relations''.</p>

<p>The relative term is a ''sign'' that denotes certain objects, called its ''relates'', as these are determined in relation to certain other objects, called its ''correlates''.  Under most circumstances, one may also regard the relative term as denoting the corresponding relation.</p>

Returning to the Othello example, let us take up the 2-adic relatives "lover of ---" and "servant of ---".

Returning to the Othello example, let us take up the 2-adic relatives "lover of ---" and "servant of ---".