relating

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of relate

noun

1. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
   Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman. 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
   What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice[…] 2008, Stephen Kemmis, Tracey J. Smith, Enabling praxis: challenges for education