Humble relation

Humble relation

[′həm·bəl ri‚lā·shən]
(petroleum engineering)
Equation used by oil companies to estimate porosity of the oil-bearing formation from measurements made with a contact resistivity device, such as a microlog.
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'Just this,' replied the cobbler; 'an old gentleman that I worked for, down in the country, and a humble relation of whose I married--she's dead, God bless her, and thank Him for it!-- was seized with a fit and went off.'
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As we now see the preparations of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation coming up, we are reminded that this sharing of the eucharist is not a reality in the ecumenical movement, even as we have developed better and we can say much more humble relations than decades ago.
Unity: a call to be strong or humble?
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