8 sentences with 'relative'
Example sentences and phrases with the word relative and other words derived from it.
• « It is even possible that certain echolocated objects may be perceived a little on the inside, given their relative transparency to sound. There is evidence that a dolphin "sees" the last thing a herdmate ate, because it detects its visceral hollows and measures their degree of repletion. Otherwise, it almost certainly notices clearly that the diver filming it has a platinum thigh prosthesis (metal returns much more of an echo than bone, it is "shinier"). »
• « Egypt's relative isolation meant that it had never needed to develop more advanced weapons, a fact that the Hyksos were able to take advantage of, belatedly bringing the large-scale use of bronze with them. »
• « Compared to some later periods, it was a time of relative stability and, although sometimes interrupted by short-lived wars, for the most part peaceful relations were maintained between the different states. »
• « Even the largest of the Bronze Age empires existed in a state of relative precariousness, relying on regular harvests to not only feed their populations, but also to sustain the governments, armies and building projects of their states as a whole. »
• « The Persian kings introduced a system of government that allowed them to gather intelligence and maintain control over such a vast area with relative success. »
• « The Sophists had no shared philosophical doctrine other than this idea that truth was relative and that the focus of life should be on individual achievement. »
• « What the Greeks had never done, however, was to spread that culture and those beliefs to non-Greeks, both because of Greek belief in their own superiority and because of their relative weakness in the face of great empires like Persia. »