The standings-between, spoken plural — the lattice's own word for how concepts touch: broader, narrower, kin.
The plural of relation, from Latin relatio, from referre (to carry back): re- (back) + ferre (to carry); relations, spoken plural, names the many standings-between rather than any single one.
The standings-between, spoken plural — the lattice's own word for how concepts touch: broader, narrower, kin. Each one is the root's carrying-back, done once for every pair that touches.