If relatedness reduces to predications of the relata, then the relation is not a real constituent binding A and B but a shadow cast by their natures, incapable of genuine unification.
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(as used in evolutionary biology and Hamilton's rule)
How closely genetically related you are to another person; the more genes you share (like siblings sharing 50% of genes), the higher the relatedness.
binding(Binding theory of presupposition)
The linking of a presuppositional expression (including pronouns) to an already-available discourse referent in the DRS.
genuine unification(as used in metaphysics)
A real, meaningful way of bringing separate things together into one connected whole, rather than just describing them as if they were connected.
relation(Aristotelian category theory)
An Aristotelian category whose existence requires two possibilities, one for each subject standing in contrast, as opposed to the other nine categories which require only one possibility in one subject.
shadow cast by their natures(as used in this philosophical argument)
A metaphor meaning something that is merely a side effect or byproduct of what things actually are, rather than something real and independent.