What are the 'relative' advantages of the different methods? [=what are the advantages of each method compared to the others?]
The car might seem expensive, but 'it's all relative'. [=the car is expensive compared to some cars but not to other cars]
I'm a 'relative' newcomer to the area. [=I am not really new to the area but I am more of a newcomer than many people]
(..) tethers into one long line. It's meters long. And I'll have the mmu, so moving around should be easy. How fast a relative velocity can you handle? I can grab the mav at meters per second. is like jumping onto a moving train. (..)2015 The Martian
(..) Taking the out for longer and longer trips each time. To what end? Why would he leave the relative safety of the hab? Well, we think that he plans to travel to the launch site... In order to make (..)2015 The Martian